Many thanks for info. Ramon but with my system System, Synaptic didn't remove _all_ the Kernels hiding away, wish it had. I believe Ubuntu 9-04 can do this, but I haven't tried it yet! Anyway with Gnome-Commander it doesn't take a minute. (remember Norton Commander of the DOS days? He! He!) Paul 8-)
Ramon Casha wrote: > There's an easier way - use Synaptic or Aptitude to select the old > kernels and remove them. That will automatically remove the kernel > image, the boot option from Grub, the modules and everything else > related to them. > > Ramon Casha > > > 2009/3/19 paul morley <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Since Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) was first released to the present > there has > been quite a few Kernel upgrades. > Just thought it may help some of our Ubuntu users, if I explain how to > remove the old redundant Kernels which can save up to 3 GB of system > disk space. > > Uses Alt>F2 and type in 'sudo nautilus' for root access [now be care > full as you are in permanent root] > > The latest Kernel release is currently 2.6.27-14 > > 1) Goto the root boot folder, open and delete all the Kernel releases > EXCEPT the 2.6.27-14 items. > System > 2) Goto /lib/modules and again delete all the Kernel releases EXCEPT > the 2.6.27-14 items. > > 3) Goto /usr/src/ again delete all the Kernel releases EXCEPT the > 2.6.27-14 items. > System > Note: the deleted items will not appear in the Desktop Trash bin they > are in another trash bin in root. > To locate: Goto /root/.local/share/trash they are in two > folders named 'files' and 'info' where they can be deleted. [DO NOT > delete the 'files' and 'info' folders] > > 4) Close Nautilus. > > > Tip: I use GNOME Commander it makes life easer. It can be downloaded > from Applications>Add/remove > > Have fun 8-) > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
