Removing old kernels with yum?

[Truls Gulbrandsen]

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Paul Howarth wrote:
| WipeOut wrote:
|
|> Hi,
|>
|> How do I remove old kernels with yum??
|>
|> If I do a..
|> # yum list "kernel*"
|>
|> I get..
|> Installed Packages
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.741_FC3       installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.681_FC3        installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.760_FC3       installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.14_FC3        installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.27_FC3        installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.678_FC3        installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.667            installed
|> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.737_FC3       installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.667            installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.760_FC3       installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.27_FC3        installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.737_FC3       installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.741_FC3       installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.14_FC3        installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.678_FC3        installed
|> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.681_FC3        installed
|> kernel-utils.i386                        1:2.4-13.1.49_FC3      installed
|>
|> So if I try..
|> # yum remove kernel.i686
|> it wants to remove all of them..
|>
|> I have tried specifying the version a couple of ways but then it
|> doesn't find anything to remove..
|>
|> So how do I do it?
|
|
| Use rpm instead of yum:
|
| # rpm -e kernel-2.6.9-1.667 kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 ...
|
| Paul.
|
I also think you could try " yum remove kernel.i686* "  and " yum remove
kernel-smp.i686*  "

Truls
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