kernel version modules

[John Dangler]

On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 19:35 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> 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.

All went as expected... Freed 169Mb of space on the laptop...
Messages at the end might be something to look out for, though...
"The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old
Unless you used the optional flag in lilo, you nay need to re-run lilo.
"The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
Unless you used the optional flag in lilo, you nay need to re-run lilo."

My guess is that these are referring to the update in grub, but, again -
not sure.

/boot/grub/menu.lst looks as though it was updated properly.
Reboot of the laptop went fine.

Thanks for the help!

> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> 
> --
> Vince
>