Re: Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2011-01-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 01/01/2011 07:58 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 12/31/2010 02:36 PM, Tom Metro wrote: >> Dan Ritter wrote: >>> Assuming you're using grub, look at /etc/grub.conf: >>> >>> ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst >>> ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the >>> #

Re: Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2011-01-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 12/31/2010 02:36 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: >> Assuming you're using grub, look at /etc/grub.conf: >> >> ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst >> ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the >> ## alternative kernel options >> ## e.g. howmany=all >

Re: Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2011-01-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 12/31/2010 12:46 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, December 31, 2010 12:35 pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: >> 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

Re: Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2010-12-31 Thread Tom Metro
Dan Ritter wrote: > Assuming you're using grub, look at /etc/grub.conf: > > ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst > ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the > ## alternative kernel options > ## e.g. howmany=all > ## howmany=7 But that just controls how m

Re: Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2010-12-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:35:13PM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: > 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

Re: Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2010-12-31 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Fri, December 31, 2010 12:35 pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: > 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, whi

Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

2010-12-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
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