This is not a support request. I have no problem cleaning up my system. My mother should never have to do this if she wants to run Ubuntu.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 January 2015 at 16:33, Chris Knutson > <christopher.knut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just had to purge 3 older kernel versions this morning on 14.04 to > update > > from 3.13.0-43 to 3.13.0-44 > > Did you try autoremove? Alternatively is it possible they were > ancient ones left over from before an upgrade to 14.04? Or possibly > manually installed ones? > > Colin > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 14 January 2015 at 15:34, Chris Knutson > >> <christopher.knut...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > 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. > >> > >> I believe that as from 14.04 (I think) only the current and previous > >> kernels are kept, the others are deleted by autoremove. Not sure > >> whether the software updater will autoremove them. > >> > >> Colin > >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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 > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 010000110010111001001100001011100100101100101110 > > Chris Knutson > > christopher.knut...@gmail.com > -- 010000110010111001001100001011100100101100101110 Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com
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