Remove old kernel(s) via command line?

[pi.boy.travis]

Hi!

My server has lots of older kernels on it. If I have already booted up the latest kernel, is there a way to delete the old ones with the command line? (no GUI)

Thanks in advance!

[bodhi.zazen]

sudo apt-get remove <kernel>

[pi.boy.travis]

Thanks! That was easier than I expected.

[LewRockwell]

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-clea...-packages.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=996053

sudo apt-get autoremove

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[pi.boy.travis]

OK, now I am being told that I may have to re-run my bootloader [grub]. How might I go about this?

Thanks in advance!

[LewRockwell]

OK, now I am being told that I may have to re-run my bootloader [grub]. How might I go about this?

Thanks in advance!

are you using grub?

on a server?

multi-boot?

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[pi.boy.travis]

I'm using grub (v1.5, I think), and Ubuntu is the only OS.

[LewRockwell]

I'm using grub (v1.5, I think), and Ubuntu is the only OS.

grub shouldn't be necessary if Ubuntu is the only OS...

strange...

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[pi.boy.travis]

Ubuntu is the only OS, but something still has to load the kernel and initramfs, correct?

[mcduck]

grub shouldn't be necessary if Ubuntu is the only OS...

strange...

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Bootloader is always necessary, not just for dualbooting. You need something to load the OS kernel into RAM to boot the OS, the only difference between Grub and for example NTLDR or winload.exe/Windows Boot Manager (used by Windows, NTLDR in Windows NT variants and WMB in Vista) is that Grub has better support for booting other operating systems than just the one it was made for.