On 1/19/06, Beau E. Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi -
>
> When a new kernel ( I'm using gentoo-sources ) comes down
> the line, I go to /usr/src, ln -s to linux, copy current
> .config, yada, yada... It works fine.
>
> Now I notice in eix that all my old kernels are marked as
> 'installed'. I normally keep only the previous kernel in
> /boot. Can I safely 'emerge -C' the older kernels w/o
> upsetting my apple cart?
>
> --
> Aloha => Beau;
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>

Yes, you can clean the old kernel versions, this will free you some space.

A quick way to do it is:
- back up your .config
- emerge -C gentoo-sources  or whatever-sources (this will clean all versions)
- emerge gentoo-sources (only merges the actual)


--
  Andrés

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