Old Kernels . . .(never die!)

[The Wassermans]

On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 09:21 +1100, Dave Hall wrote:
> > 3.  How would I go about deleting them?
> 
> Using GNOME go system > admin > synaptic package manager
> 
> Search for "linux-image"
> 
> Don't try to remove the highest numbered entry (that will be the kernel
> you are running)
> 
> For the remaining "linux-image-2.6.xx-y*" entries, just right click on
> them and select "Mark for complete removal".  It will ask you to confirm
> that you also want to remove the related restricted modules package as
> well.
> 
> When done click Apply.  Confirm that you are happy with the changes by
> clicking apply.  Wait for synaptic to work its magic.
> 

Thank you Dave, 

I tried this on just image #16. It behaved much as you said.  However,
upon re-boot, #16 is still displayed - even though it has been deleted!

Strange??