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heiNey
April 16th, 2009, 05:12 AM
im trying to do a security update for my system..but apparently i dont have enough space on my /boot.

im currently running 2.6.24-23-generic. my question is, can i safely delete all of the files that do not have 2.6.24-23 in the name to make some space? (i wont delete grub or lost+found or memtest86+)




-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422667 2008-08-20 21:46 abi-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422838 2008-10-21 20:12 abi-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422838 2008-11-24 14:47 abi-2.6.24-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422838 2009-04-01 18:17 abi-2.6.24-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80049 2008-08-20 21:46 config-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80062 2008-10-21 20:12 config-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80062 2008-11-24 14:47 config-2.6.24-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80051 2009-04-01 18:17 config-2.6.24-23-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2009-04-07 10:12 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7895897 2008-09-14 00:27 initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7872355 2008-09-13 23:24 initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7899864 2008-11-08 16:09 initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7899896 2008-10-27 19:04 initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7898024 2008-12-09 22:00 initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7897614 2008-11-27 10:07 initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7897367 2009-04-07 10:12 initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7897956 2009-02-10 20:49 initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic.bak
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2008-09-13 23:13 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103204 2007-09-28 03:06 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 905170 2008-08-20 21:46 System.map-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 905617 2008-10-21 20:12 System.map-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 905617 2008-11-24 14:47 System.map-2.6.24-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 905833 2009-04-01 18:17 System.map-2.6.24-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1921464 2008-08-20 21:46 vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1920760 2008-10-21 20:12 vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1921176 2008-11-24 14:47 vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1922520 2009-04-01 18:17 vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic

Partyboi2
April 16th, 2009, 06:13 AM
Open up Synaptic and do a search for 'linux-image' and remove all the old kernels you know longer need I would suggest keeping one as a backup as well as your current kernel.

heiNey
April 16th, 2009, 03:41 PM
ok thanks...ill do that.