aptitude supposed to uninstall old kernel

[Goh Lip]

On 04/05/2010 02:51 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> Just ran apt-get update/upgrade on my Hardy installation. A number of
> packages were held back so I ran aptitude dist-upgrade and was informed
> that the 2.6.24-27 kernel would be installed and the 2.6.24-26 would be
> uninstalled. When the upgrade was done I rebooted and saw 2.6.24-26 was
> still listed in the boot menu. Just for the hell of it I chose it and lo
> and behold it booted and ran fine. Looked through synaptic and saw all
> the header and image packages for both kernels are still installed. Did
> aptitude lie to me? I was under the impression that aptitude
> dist-upgrade removed unused/orphan packages.
>
> Anyone care to educate me?
>
Other than Hardy, do you have other linux distro on your system?
If yes, what OS grub was set to sda (mbr)?
If answer is other than Hardy, then go to that OS and update-grub.

Regards - Goh Lip