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Fedora Core 4 versions

Some how I have upgraded my FC 4 to have FC 2.6.15-1.1831, FC4, FC 2.14.1.1656 and FC 11.1.1369 (as well as Win XP in grub.config) and I don't know why all the Linux stuff is in there. I can edit the grub.config file but why does each update simply add another OS and not delete the older one? I'm sorry I don't have any more points for you guys.

Joe

slow1000

It's a precaution. A new kernel might not work, so the previous kernel is left installed.

You can use
rpm -qa|grep kernel

to list installed kernels, then use
kernel -e kernel-package-names

to delete those you no longer need.

rindi

As far as I know, only the last 3 versions are kept, the older ones will be removed from the grub.conf file.

jbfstplk

ASKER

slow1000, thanks for the suggestion, except, even logged in as root, the commands do not run in terminal. Is there something I'm missing?

Joe

slow1000

Not sure, but my second command to delete kernels, should read
rpm -e kernel_package_names

Is rpm working at all? You could just run "rpm" to see if it complains about options. If you can't get rpm to run at all, then that's odd.

jbfstplk

ASKER

Yes, rpm runs and has a lot of complicated info. Obviously -e means to erase something, but I really don't know how to specify the oldest kernel. I tried to erase FC 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 but got an error message, "error: package kernel_FC is not installed" and "error: package 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 is not installed"
What does this mean?

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jbfstplk

ASKER

Thanks much!

It's odd however that the running of the command took 20 to 30 seconds, and had no written response, but a reboot showed that the 2.6.11-1 version was no longer available.

It makes sense that a space follows rpm and the -e for erase and then the file name without spaces.

Keep up the good work!

slow1000

Glad to help.

Sam