Running kernel-smp and trying to remove kernel

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 08:19:46AM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote:
> if you must remove the uniprocessor kernel ... then do
> "rpm -qa | grep kermel"
> this will list all kernel packages installed ...

Or just "rpm -q kernel" if you know you're looking for the uniprocessor
kernel (on pre-FC6 -- see other message). Or, "rpm -qa 'kernel*'"

> then      rpm -e lernel-xx.rpm .... where the one you want to remove is 
> listed exactly

Actually, no .rpm -- that's only used for package file names and isn't
relevant to installed packages.


> personally i wouldnt bother ... systems have so much disk space these 
> days that 30 megs means nothing .... but ... if you want ... this is how 
> to do it :)

There's some issues with the kernel rpm where having multiple versions
installed makes installing new ones exponentially slower. Keeping the number
installed trimmed down therefore makes sense. Plus, since kernel updates
often fix severe security problems, leaving old ones around once your new
kernel works is introducing an unneeded (small, of course) risk.

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