All these old kernels...

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

You can remove them using aptitude.  Since they are old kernels, they are listed in 
obsolete packages.  Just use the underline key to mark them for purging.
Use g to tellaptitude to go do what you ask.

          Kenny
On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 02:19:38PM +0200, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> Hi folks.
> I have a whole bunch of old and obsolete kernels on my hard drive and
> every time there comes a new kernel my /boot/grub/menus.lst gets updated
> and ofcourse then includes all my old and obsolete kernels, so i have to
> go in and trim down the menu.lst file by hand so that i can use my dual
> boot with not so much down arrowing.
> What i would like to know is, is there a way in Ubuntu to delete the old
> kernels that i no longer need so that only new kernels get used and so
> that the menu.lst doesn't get updated and gets longer and longer?
> If i could start gnome, which i can't due to a mistake from me, i could
> probably hand-delete the kernels or something like that but i wonder if
> there are other more safe methods to remove old kernels.
> Thanks for any help.
> /Krister
> 
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