Removing old kernel entries in GRUB boot loader menu

Ylan Segal ylan.segal at gmail.com
Tue Jul 18 20:16:19 UTC 2006


Ouattara Aziz wrote:
>> If you really want to get rid of (an older) kernel version you can
>> look at the entry you've commented out (or deleted) from
>> /boot/grub/menu.lst and delete the vmlinuz file from wherever you've
>> got the binaries stashed (often in /boot).
> 
> 
> Please, *never* do that ! That's an improper method to remove something
> install by apt. *Always* use the apt solution (unless you have compile
> your kernel yourself) !

See my other post. Even if you compiled the kernel yoruself, apt is the
right tool to use to install and remove.

-- 
Ylan





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