kernels

[Goh Lip]

On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:08:51 +0800, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 04/28/2011 03:14 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 03:19:48PM -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
>>
>

>> I think you're looking for:
>>
>> sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.24-27-generic
>>
>> Substituting the relevant kernel version.
>
> Assuming that you meant: 2.6.35-27
>
> Will that also remove:
> linux-headers-2.6.35-27
> linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic
>
> Let's see:
> $ sudo apt-get -s remove linux-image-2.6.35-27-generic
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   linux-image-2.6.35-27-generic
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Remv linux-image-2.6.35-27-generic [2.6.35-27.48]
>
> Doesn't look like it. I suppose you could leave the headers hanging
> around, but then you have 90.3MB of disk space that isn't doing anything.



The right command is
*not*
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.35-27-generic
*but*
sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.35-27-*

Regards - Goh Lip
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but my brains kept falling out.