kernel version modules

Vincent Trouilliez vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr
Tue Jan 30 18:35:41 UTC 2007


John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net> wrote:
> filtering for linux-image, I show the following as installed
> alsa-base                     1.0.10-4ubuntu4
> linux-image-2.6.15-23-386     2.6.15-23.39
> linux-image-2.6.15-26-386     2.6.15-26.47
> linux-image-2.6.15-27-386     2.6.15-27.50
> linux-image-386               2.6.15.25
> 
> uname -ra returns : Lunux Nebo 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 8
> 17:51:56 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> Telling me that the most recent version is 2.6.15-27 
> I'm assuming that #1 might mean the slot
> Not sure what PREEMPT means
> Not sure why it says i686, since the kernels say i386 (Although I've
> noticed that there is a 686 version of these kernels).
> 
> So, I would mark the other versions

Yep, you can remove the unused ones:

> linux-image-2.6.15-23-386 
> linux-image-2.6.15-26-386 


> (including the one which just says linux-image-386)

No, you better keep this one. It's not a kernel, it's "meta" package
that will make sure you get newer kernels, should any be released for
Dapper in the future. If you remove this package, you might miss future
kernel updates.

>  for _removal_ or _complete removal_ ?

Both options will uninstall the packages. The only difference (to the
best of my knowledge and experience...), is that if you do a "complete"
uninstall, the package will actually be deleted from the system, whereas
a "normal" uninstall", will keep the .deb file in a cache somewhere
in  /var I think. So, if you don't have broadband and think you "might"
want to re-install an older kernel at some point for whatever reason
(debug a problem or whatever), then better to chose a "normal"
uninstallation, to save you some download time.
But if you have broadband, the download time is very small, so it
doesn't really matter what option you chose, unless you want to free a
few megabytes of disk space.


HTH


--
Vince




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