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 at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 -- 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 _____________________________________________________ This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at PrivacyAct at ailife.com.