dist-upgrade

[william drescher]

I am doing an in-place upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 and all is 
going well, except...
I have a bunch of files in /boot, some abi-..., some config-..., 
some initred.img-..., some System.map-... some vmlinuz-..., and 
some others.
The upgrader is doing something to those files and it is taking 
roughly forever.  I thought it was a loop until I noticed that 
the kernel numbers were changing.

here is what it keeps repeating:
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

Removing linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic (3.2.0-32.51) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/prerm.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/prerm.d/last-good-boot 
3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 
3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-32-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 
3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: 
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...

I presume that it is processing all the kernels it is finding.
I have 3 more machines to upgrade.  Can I safely remove most of 
the files in /boot?

Now, of course, if I am missing the boat, I would appreciate any 
suggestions you might have.

file ranges:
abi-3.2.0-51-generic (and generic-pae)
through abi-3.2.0.69-generic (and generic-pae)

config-2.6.28.18-server through
config-3.2.0.69-generic (and generic-pae)

initrd.img-2.6.28-server through
initrd.img-3.2.0-69-generic ( and generic-pae)

3 memtests

System.map-2.6.28-18-server through
  System.map-3.2.0-69-generic (and generic-pae)

3 vmcoreinfo files

  vmlinuz-2.6.28-18-server through
  vmlinuz-3.2.0-69-generic (and generic-pae)


Yeah, I know a fresh install would have been better, but the lure 
of quick and simple...

-bill