delete old kernel

Don Maxwell don.maxwell at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 19:37:18 UTC 2005


On 11/23/05, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>
> Joao Paulo Pires wrote:
> > Each time I update kernel I have a new one in list when I start FC4. How
> > can I delete the old kernel? Is it secure delete old kernels?
>
> # yum install yum-utils
> # package-cleanup --oldkernels
>
> This will remove all but the most recent two kernels (and kernel-devel
> packages). It's safe to remove kernels older than the one you are
> currently running.
>

This was the first I heard of this trick.  I immediately followed these
instructions on 3 boxes and it worked great.  It seems like a a VERY
convenient solution for many of us.
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