I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
Do an "rpm -q kernel" to make sure those are it. Then what I do is simply this:
rpm -e kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18
rpm -e kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22
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On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
you can indeed use yum to remove them; why would you think you could not?
$ sudo yum remove kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
-steve
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Running Transaction Erasing : kernel [1/1]
Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 Complete!
That seemed to work, but I still have some 92.1.18 elements left: ls -l /boot/*92.1.18* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65438 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65364 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65292 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw------- 1 root root 3151859 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug.img -rw------- 1 root root 3148814 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE.img -rw------- 1 root root 3148909 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92220 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91787 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93282 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926863 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 910396 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908613 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1984020 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1802932 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2162864 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328836 Nov 12 2008 /boot/xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 714752 Nov 12 2008 /boot/xen-syms-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
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-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Huff Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:49 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Removing old kernels
On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
you can indeed use yum to remove them; why would you think you could not?
$ sudo yum remove kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
-steve
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Nevermind....figured it out.
Thanks,
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76710
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Frank M. Ramaekers Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:38 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Removing old kernels
Running Transaction Erasing : kernel [1/1]
Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 Complete!
That seemed to work, but I still have some 92.1.18 elements left: ls -l /boot/*92.1.18* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65438 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65364 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65292 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw------- 1 root root 3151859 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug.img -rw------- 1 root root 3148814 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE.img -rw------- 1 root root 3148909 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92220 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91787 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93282 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926863 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 910396 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908613 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1984020 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1802932 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2162864 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328836 Nov 12 2008 /boot/xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 714752 Nov 12 2008 /boot/xen-syms-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76710
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Huff Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:49 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Removing old kernels
On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
you can indeed use yum to remove them; why would you think you could not?
$ sudo yum remove kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
-steve
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Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
Running Transaction Erasing : kernel [1/1]
Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 Complete!
That seemed to work, but I still have some 92.1.18 elements left: ls -l /boot/*92.1.18* /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen
the debug, PAE, and xen kernels are from different packages. To see what all is actually installed on your system, you just might do...
# rpm -qa |grep ^kernel kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
in your case, I'd likely do...
# yum erase kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.18 kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.18 kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.18
On Jun 3, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
That seemed to work, but I still have some 92.1.18 elements left: ls -l /boot/*92.1.18* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65438 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug
for each file, find out what package it belongs to, and then remove it:
$ rpm -qf /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug | xargs sudo yum remove
-steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v http://five.sentenc.es
At Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:37:56 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Running Transaction Erasing : kernel [1/1]
Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 Complete!
That seemed to work, but I still have some 92.1.18 elements left: ls -l /boot/*92.1.18* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65438 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65364 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65292 Nov 12 2008 /boot/config-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw------- 1 root root 3151859 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug.img -rw------- 1 root root 3148814 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE.img -rw------- 1 root root 3148909 Nov 13 2008 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92220 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91787 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93282 Nov 12 2008 /boot/symvers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926863 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 910396 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908613 Nov 12 2008 /boot/System.map-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1984020 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1802932 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5PAE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2162864 Nov 12 2008 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328836 Nov 12 2008 /boot/xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 714752 Nov 12 2008 /boot/xen-syms-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
rpm -e kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug ...
(Make *sure* you are not actually running any of these kernels!).
Note: yum clean old-kernels keeps the last N kernels (I'm not sure what N is and it is probably a config parameter somewhere).
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76710
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Huff Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:49 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Removing old kernels
On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
you can indeed use yum to remove them; why would you think you could not?
$ sudo yum remove kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel- devel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
-steve
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On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 14:50 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
At Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:37:56 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
<snip>
rpm -e kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5debug ...
(Make *sure* you are not actually running any of these kernels!).
Note: yum clean old-kernels keeps the last N kernels (I'm not sure what N is and it is probably a config parameter somewhere).
/etc/yum.conf
installonlypkgs and installonly_limit
See "man yum.conf"
<snip>
HTH
On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:40:08 -0500 Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
Any other considerations and/or methods?
yum install yum-utils package-cleanup --oldkernels
Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I have the following kernels on my /boot:
2.6.18-128.1.6 2.6.18-92.1.18 2.6.18-92.1.22
I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are the same (only the release is different). I believe that I can use rpm to remove the old version, but I also need to remove them from the grub.conf. Any other considerations and/or methods?
You can also have the installonlyn limit bumped up if you want to automatically only keep n number of kernels.
# vim /etc/yum.conf installonly_limit = n
Set n to the number you want to keep.
Regards, Max
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