Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-05 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 06:40:09PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (03/11/06 10:06), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > You'd be well advised to use the package management system to remove the > > > kernels. Personally, I use aptitude. Having checked which is your > > > running kernel, go into a

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 06:40:09PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (03/11/06 10:06), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > I did this on my server using aptitude and it didn't work. I '_' purged > > two kernels that had been install with aptitude but it left the actual > > kernels and initrds and

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread RParr
michael wrote: On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:24:23 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is m

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/11/06 13:12), michael wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:24:23 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote > > Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and > > corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of > > removing these, once I have established stability with later

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread michael
On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:24:23 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote > Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and > corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of > removing these, once I have established stability with later > versions, or is my first thought of 'rm'i

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is my first thought of 'rm'ing the relevant files and editing menu.lst

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/11/06 10:06), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > You'd be well advised to use the package management system to remove the > > kernels. Personally, I use aptitude. Having checked which is your > > running kernel, go into aptitude, and mark for removal those you want > > rid of. If you mark t

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Clive Menzies wrote: > You'd be well advised to use the package management system to remove the > kernels. Personally, I use aptitude. Having checked which is your > running kernel, go into aptitude, and mark for removal those you want > rid of. If you mark the with '_' both the package and the

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/11/06 17:24), Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and > corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing > these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is my > first thought of 'rm'ing the relevan

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Nate Duehr
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is my first thought of 'rm'ing the relevant files and editing menu.lst

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Peter. Peter Hillier-Brook, 03.11.2006 18:24: > Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and > corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing > these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is my > first thought of 'rm'ing the relev