At Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:37:56 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at 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 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. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/