Old Linux kernels

[Doug Stewart]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org>wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Doug Stewart wrote:
>
>  Thanks Gord, I have now done this. but I thought there was a more
>> automatic
>> way that when you install a new one it would only keep the latest 2 or 3
>> and delete the older ones automatically
>>
>
> I wouldn't recommend doing it automatically.  If a system stayed up for a
> long time (say a server) it could see many kernel updates while it continued
> to run on an old kernel.  You could eventually find that the only verified
> bootable kernel gets rotated out of the set and that all of your newer
> kernels are untested - not a desirable position.  This isn't theoretical - I
> observed this happen with systems years ago and formed the opinion that
> kernel removal should be manual.
>
> In any case the kernels and their associated files take up little room so
> there is little practical reason for removing them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
>
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Thanks Rob, good advice.
Doug
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