/boot maintenance

[Tyler J. Wagner]

On 2012-09-05 15:46, Dean Henrichsmeyer wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Tyler J. Wagner <tyler at tolaris.com
>     I agree; a 100 MB boot is just silly. So, run a daily script with this
>     in it.
> 
>     http://www.tolaris.com/2012/07/19/removing-old-kernels-from-ubuntu/
> 
>     That purges any kernel that isn't either the highest-versioned one, or one
>     which is currently running.
> 
> 
> I hope people read that code before running it. It makes assumptions that
> are not accurate with reality. For example, running that right now on a
> precise machine says:
> 
>  <root at courage>:~# echo $KERNEL_HIGHEST
> 3.2.0-9
> <root at courage>:~# echo $KERNEL_CURRENT
> 3.2.0-29
> 
> Just a heads up.

I've updated my post to correct the bug Dean found. The code now correctly
sorts the version string to find the latest installed kernel.

http://www.tolaris.com/2012/07/19/removing-old-kernels-from-ubuntu/

Thanks for the help, Dean.

Regards,
Tyler

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