clean out old kernel versions?

[Colin Law]

On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 at 20:35, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 20:49:52 +0100
> Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 6:05 PM Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Sun,  7 Mar 2021 09:13:52 -0500 (EST) Robert Heller
> > > <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Have you *ever* run 'sudo apt autoremove'?
> > >
> > > yes like this:
> > >
> > > $ sudo apt autoremove
> > > [sudo] password for user:
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > > user at user-Satellite-A100 /boot $
> > >
> > >  /boot $ ls -l | wc
> > >     440    3953   31232
> > > user at user-Satellite-A100 /boot $
> >
> > What the output of "ls /boot/vmlinuz-*"
>
> /boot $ ls /boot/vmlinuz-*
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-164-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-197-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-66-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-131-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-165-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-200-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-70-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-166-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-201-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-71-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-134-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-169-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-203-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-72-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-135-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-170-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-75-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-137-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-171-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-28-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-77-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-138-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-173-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-78-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-139-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-174-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-34-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-79-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-140-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-176-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-81-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-141-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-177-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-38-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-83-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-142-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-178-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-87-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-143-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-179-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-89-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-145-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-184-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-47-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-92-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-146-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-185-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-51-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-93-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-148-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-186-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-53-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-150-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-187-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-57-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-151-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-189-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-59-generic   /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-98-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-154-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-190-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-62-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-157-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-193-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-63-generic
> /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-161-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-194-generic  /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-64-generic
> user at user-Satellite-A100 /boot $
>
> like that

That is going to take a long time to clear up on a slow machine.  Each
time it removes one it has to rebuild the boot stuff.  I would leave
it and go to bed (or whatever is appropriate for your timezone at the
moment.

Colin