Running kernel-smp and trying to remove kernel

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 16 19:47:00 UTC 2006


On 8/16/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> > Does 'yum remove kernel' suffice to remove the old kernels since I am
> > now using kernel-smp?
>
> Try it -- what could possibly go wrong? :)
>
> I'm serious -- yum will prompt you first since it's a package removal, and
> you'll get to review what it's going to do. (And I'll dispell any suspense
> -- yes, it'll work.)

Oh, Matthew, I am an ignorant, that is true, but not that much! :-)

I know that 'yum remove kernel' will remove kernels, but I was not
sure whether that procedure entails a complete removal, as I took,
some time ago, the following note from this list:

package-cleanup --oldkernels

Paul




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