[CentOS] Safe method to remove old kernels

Fri Oct 12 13:48:05 UTC 2007
Peter Kjellstrom <cap at nsc.liu.se>

On Friday 12 October 2007, Scott Moseman wrote:
> # rpm -qa | grep kernel-2 | sort
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-55.EL
>
> I'm running the most recent kernel available, and I've never had a
> problem with any past kernels, so I don't believe there's any reason
> to keep all of them.  I guess kernels get a fresh install instead of
> an upgrade?  Can I safely rpm-e the old kernel packages?

Yes, this is safe (for kernels you don't run/need).

/Peter
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