Re: Removing Old Kernels

[Harold Helmich <harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah I do not think that I got the lock files.  I think the issue was 
larger than rpm.  I attempted to reboot and the shutdown process failed 
then "hung" while attempting umount /net from NFS.  I do not use NFS - 
at least not on purpose.

Anyway, thank you for the responses.  Looks like the issue is this NFS 
/net thing I got going on.  Need to dig through config and logs.

Thanks Again,
Harry

Michael Schwendt wrote:

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> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:11:23 -0500, Harold Helmich wrote:
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>  
> > > > Quick question newbie question:
> > > >
> > > > After updating kernels via up2date what is the preferred method for 
> > > > removing old kernels?  rpm -e?  Or is there another way?
> > > >
> > > > I have tried:
> > > > rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-14 kernel-smp-2.4.18-14
> > > >
> > > > It runs forever and never seems to do the job.  I let it run all
> > > >        
> > > night>
> > >      
> > > > and cancelled this morning.  Then rebuilt the rpm databases for good
> > > >        
> > > > measure.  Still just hangs.
> > > >
> > > > Any help is appreciated.
> > > >   
> > > >        
> > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*
> > > rpm --rebuilddb
> > >
> > > Then try again. Major FAQ.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > As noted in the bottom of my message, I did do that this monring.
> >    
> Well, you only wrote "you rebuilt the databases", but not that
> you removed the temporary/lock files.
>
> Anyway, try increasing verbosity with option "-vv" or strace the
> program.
>
> Does it make any difference if you remove a single package only?
>
>  
> > It  has been running for about 2 hours now.
> >    
> Running or hanging? ;-) Any disk activity? Is rpm wasting cycles
> according to ps's output?
>
>  
> > Side note:  df also hangs - but only at the end.  It prints the output
> > and then hangs.  Takes a while for the command prompt to come back.  I
> > do not know if they are related.
> >    
> Don't know how long "a while" is, but I see df delays only during
> heavy disk activity.
>
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