> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steffan [mailto:snoord (at mark) planet.nl]
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:29 PM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:14830] Re: Clearing /boot
>
> Dont delete them do the following
> (from brain)
>
> I wouldn't recommend using "rpm -e" to remove it. Yum installed it,
> and yum should remove it.
>
> First, get your current Kernel version.
>
> uname -r
>
> That would produce something similar to:
> 2.6.9-55.0.6.ELsmp
>
> Now, get all Kernels installed.
>
> rpm -qa | grep -i kernel | grep -v utils
>
> On my test system, that showed:
>
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
> kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
>
> Now, remove ALL accept your current version. Since mine is a "SMP"
> kernel, I usually keep the non SMP version around too.
>
> # This is 1 long command.
> yum remove kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
>
> I left off the following three:
> kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
>
> They are my current kernel versions, and the developement files
> (needed for another project).
>
> After that is done, you should see the free space on /boot go down.
>
> Good luck!
> Brian
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Colin Jack [mailto:colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk]
> Verzonden: donderdag 22 januari 2009 15:12
> Aan: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Onderwerp: [coba-e:14829] Clearing /boot
>
> Bit of a noob question (sorry) ...
>
> My /boot partition is 90% full and needs clearing down.
>
> Am I able to delete these (apart from the latest):
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 733742 May 24 2006 System.map-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 761137 May 24 2006 System.map-2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 733742 Jul 8 2006 System.map-2.6.9-34.0.2.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 761137 Jul 8 2006 System.map-2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 733742 Mar 8 2006 System.map-2.6.9-34.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 761137 Mar 8 2006 System.map-2.6.9-34.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 750652 Feb 27 2007 System.map-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 767450 Feb 27 2007 System.map-2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 749489 Aug 23 2006 System.map-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 766287 Aug 23 2006 System.map-2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 749489 Oct 6 2006 System.map-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 766287 Oct 6 2006 System.map-2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 754505 Jun 26 2007 System.map-2.6.9-55.0.2.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 771374 Jun 26 2007 System.map-2.6.9-55.0.2.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 754404 May 2 2007 System.map-2.6.9-55.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 771273 May 2 2007 System.map-2.6.9-55.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 760532 May 8 2008 System.map-2.6.9-67.0.15.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 777506 May 8 2008 System.map-2.6.9-67.0.15.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 760559 Jul 23 2008 System.map-2.6.9-67.0.22.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 777533 Jul 23 2008 System.map-2.6.9-67.0.22.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 760171 Mar 15 2008 System.map-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 777145 Mar 15 2008 System.map-2.6.9-67.0.7.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 780162 Jan 14 21:09 System.map-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 797154 Jan 14 21:19 System.map-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1473699 May 24 2006 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1436535 May 24 2006 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1473712 Jul 8 2006 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.0.2.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1436516 Jul 8 2006 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1473787 Mar 8 2006 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1436129 Mar 8 2006 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.ELsmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1504585 Feb 27 2007 vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1444718 Feb 27 2007 vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp
>
> Thanks
>
> Colin
>
Thanks Brian,
That certainly throws up some interesting stuff.
I will do it slowly, but I appreciate the device.
Regards
Colin
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