[WBEL-users] Removing old kernel files

Paul subsolar@subsolar.org
Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:38:34 -0500


On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:24, William Hooper wrote:
> david said:
> > Folks
> > 
> > 
> > Since the original "respin-1", a revised and upgraded Kernel has appeared
> >  and works just fine.  All my systems have been rebooted and are using
> > this new version.  To the best of my knowledge:
> > 
> > Old kernel: 2.4.21-15.EL
> > New Kernel: 2.4.21-15.0.4.EL
> [snip]
> > Is there some syntax in "yum" or "rpm" that will do this for me, safely?
> 
> rpm -e kernel-2.4.21-15.EL

Before you do that double check the /boot/grub/grub.conf file to make
sure it's pointing to the new kernel.

Regards,
Paul