On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 18:23 +0530, Raseel Bhagat wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Venkatesh Rao > <venkateshnrao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i have the following kernels on my machine > > [root@localhost boot]# ls -lsa > total 18481 > 2 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 2009-02-11 21:25 . > 8 drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2009-02-12 16:40 .. > 80 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79210 2007-10-30 23:30 > config-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2009-02-12 15:59 grub > 3480 -rw------- 1 root root 3546119 2009-02-11 21:25 > initrd-2.6.15.1.img > 3595 -rw------- 1 root root 3664151 2008-08-14 19:51 > initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img > 3608 -rw------- 1 root root 3677538 2009-02-06 20:11 > initrd-2.6.23.1.img > 13 drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2008-08-14 19:41 lost > +found > 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2009-02-11 21:25 > System.map -> /boot/System.map-2.6.15.1 > 694 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705336 2009-02-11 21:25 > System.map-2.6.15.1 > 828 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 841133 2009-02-06 20:11 > System.map-2.6.23.1 > 838 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 851074 2007-10-30 23:30 > System.map-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2009-02-11 21:25 vmlinuz > -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.1 > 1481 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507705 2009-02-11 21:25 > vmlinuz-2.6.15.1 > 1907 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1942208 2009-02-06 20:11 > vmlinuz-2.6.23.1 > 1943 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1978656 2007-10-30 23:30 > vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > > menu.lst file: > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes > to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, > eg. > # root (hd0,5) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/sda > default=2 > timeout=15 > splashimage=(hd0,5)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > hiddenmenu > title Fedora (2.6.15.1) > root (hd0,5) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15.1 ro > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.15.1.img > title Fedora (2.6.23.1) > root (hd0,5) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1 ro > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1.img > title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8) > root (hd0,5) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img > title Other > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > > > i want to uninstall the kernel 2.6.15.1 and 2.6.23.1 If they installed via yum/rpm/dpkg/apt-get/..., simply remove these packages. > how do i go about it ?? > > If you are just looking for removing these entries, you can just > remove their Grub entries. > Furthermore, you can delete the respective vmlinuz, initrd and config > files. And don't forget /lib/modules/$KERNEL_VERSION. And perhaps the .h files are somewhere installed too. > finally, if you have installed these kernels from source, just do make > clean mrproper in the kernel source directories and delete the > directory. If you `rm -rf` the kernel source directory, you can skip the `make mrproper`. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
