WipeOut wrote:
Bob Chiodini wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:13 +0100, 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.
>>
>>
>
>
> Yum can do it too, ala:
>
> yum remove kernel-2.6.9-1.678_FC3
>
> You can also wildcard parts of the name like:
>
> yum remove kernel-smp-2.6.9-*
>
> to get rid of all of the 2.6.9 SMP kernels.
>
> Bob...
>
>
>
>
I am sure I tried that but it didn't seem to work.. the rpm -e way
worked fine..
Thanks..
I simply brought up Yum Extender, looked for all the kernels I had
installed, and selected one to remove. (I say /one/ because I normally
keep the five latest releases on my system, to make sure that I have a
good one.)
Temlakos