At Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:01:50 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Robert Heller wrote: > > At Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:20:23 +0100 CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> Robert Heller wrote: > >>> At Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:31:02 -0800 CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I get this error: > >>>> > >>>> No Packages marked for removal > >>> > >>> (Was anything else displayed, like maybe dependency issues?) > >>> > >>> rm /boot/*2.6.9-42* /boot/*2.6.9-55* > >>> > >>> will also work (but check in /boot/grub/grub.conf!). Maybe somehow > >> > >> > >> not sure that's a good idea... > > > > It might make sense *as a last resort*, partitularly if something odd > > happened -- I mentioned several: rpm -e might have failed somehow, a fresh > > reinstall without reformatting /boot, a backup/restore, etc. All of > > these could result in the kernels *appearing* to be 'installed', but not > > 'visible' to rpm/yum. In which case rpm/yum won't remove them. > > I agree with you Robert, but since the OP hasn't posted the output of > 'rpm -q kernel' there's no reason yet to suspect that's the case. > And since the OP stated he is inexperienced... I didn't want him blindly > rm'ing stuff as root unless it's clearly necessary. Right, definitely! > _______________________________________________ > 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/