I've mentioned this before. With Fedora 14 and previously with SuSE, whenever I get a kernel update, the older kernel packages are automatically removed so only the 3 most recent kernels (and modules) are installed. Actually, while only 3 kernels are installed on my system (I also have 3 old module directories from F13 with no content).
However on Ubuntu, (10.10) I actually have 5 kernels installed. While this does not really cause any problems except possibly on an upgrade, I was wondering if there is a parameter somewhere that specifies the number of previous kernels. Certainly one can manage this through yum (Fedora) and dpkg (Ubuntu). On fedora, /etc/sysconfig/kernel tells the system that the latest kernel should be the default. The Fedora and Suse strategy to keep the previous 2 kernels seems to be a reasonable strategy. Does Ubuntu (Debian) just have a different strategy with a different number of prior kernels, or do they just keep adding on when there is a new kernel update. -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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