Re: [PLUG] Question about upgrade kernel and root partition

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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If you are using lilo make sure that your /etc/lilo.conf reflects your 
changes.

To remove a kernel from /boot just use the rm command  In /boot you also 
might see some other files that are associated with the kernel like:

bzImage-2.4.16		2.4.16 kernel
System.map-2.4.16	map file
config-2.4.16

All of these could be safely removed

Usually -n / there are symbolic links pointing to the kernel like :

/vmlinuz -> boot/bzImage-2.4.20		Current Custom Compiled Kernel
/vmlinuz.dist -> boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14  	Distribution Kernel
/vmlinuz.old -> boot/bzImage-2.4.18	Old Custom Compiled Kernel
/vmlinuz-stable -> boot/bzImage-2.2.17

Whenever you compile a kernel or update your system make sure that the 
symlinks are updated and run lilo or grub depending upon what you have 
installed as your boot loader.




Sijian Zhou wrote:
> I have RedHat9(kernel 2.4.20-8) installed on my PC. I
> find there are bounch of newer version packages
> available from RedHat to downloading. So I download
> all of them. I find that my PC has dual linux kernel
> version. The newer one is kernel 2.4.20-20.9. Both of
> them seems working fine.
>
> I have limited / (root) partition. It is even smaller
> now. My /boot partition is separate partition from /
> (root) partition. How do I delete older kernel to save
> some space? Is it any way that I can take some space
> from other partition and give it to / (root)
> partition? All my partitions have useful data in them.
>
> Thanks
> SJ 
>
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