On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 08:37:38AM -0500, Saqman2060 wrote: > What does it mean to clear out and old kernel version?
It means remove the packages that contain old kernel versions by running sudo apt-get autoremove > When I upgrade a kernel, I either available kernels from apt or > download and install a .deb kernel package. Right, and that leaves older kernel packages still installed and using up disk space. Each kernel version gets a new package name, so you could install it in parallel with each other. (This is unlike most other Ubuntu packages.) > > Istimsak Abdulbasir > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Chris Knutson" <christopher.knut...@gmail.com> > Sent: 1/14/2015 11:12 AM > To: "ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com" > <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space > > Clearing out old kernel versions manually to be able to upgrade the kernel > version is something the end user should never have to do. Clearing out old > kernel version from /boot should be better managed by the software updater to > intelligently manage historic kernel versions based on available disk space > on the partition. > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss Marius Gedminas -- "Learning Perl" is actually a very well-written book for beginning programmers. The only thing wrong with it is it's about Perl... -- Paul Rubin
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