Re: Removing redundant kernels

[RParr]

michael wrote: On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:24:23 +0000, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is my first thought of 'rm'ing the relevant files and editing menu.lst good enough? I have a similar problem: I have an etch box with custom compiled kernels from kernel-package. I've installed a bunch with dpkg -i and used apt to remove them. But dpkg still shows them in the the list of packages. For example: host:~# dpkg --get-selections |grep linux-image linux-image-2.6.16-2-k7 purge linux-image-2.6.17 purge linux-image-2.6.17-2-486 purge linux-image-2.6.17-2-686 install linux-image-2.6.17-2-k7 purge linux-image-2.6.17etalon-k7 purge Is there a way to remove the packages marked "purge"? Thanks Mike I had a similar problem.  I was using synaptic and could not "purge" or "remove complete" a similar set of kernels.  I also had this problem back with the 2.6.14 kernel. I followed the advice given in the posting below and was able to purge these kernels. http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2006/01/msg00143.html I had to change to /var and do a find -name "*2.6.16*" to find the directory containing the postrm script mentioned in the above link but once I found it and commented out the offending line I could remove the kernels. R.Parr, RHCE, Temporal Arts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]