On 02/24/18 15:32, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > not sure why i never noticed this before, but even though updating > my fedora box keeps only the last three versions of the kernel, i have > a couple dozen /lib/modules directories each representing an older > version of the kernel going back to 4.11.12, and when i examine all > those old directories, they contain nothing but: > > 4.11.12-200.fc25.x86_64 > │ └── misc > │ ├── vboxdrv.ko > │ ├── vboxnetadp.ko > │ ├── vboxnetflt.ko > │ └── vboxpci.ko > > ... etc etc ... > > i'm sure i'm safe to manually remove all those older /lib/modules, > but should i be surprised that they're even there? is there something > i can configure about virtualbox to not have it lock those old > directories in place? Sounds more like the kernel removal process than anything related to virtualbox. As a test, you could manually remove the oldest of the 3 kernels on your system and see what that results in. -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out
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