Removing old kernel entries

[parampreet]

I recently upgraded the kernel to 2.6.24-21 through the Update Manager. After the upgrade a entry for the new kernel was added to /boot/grub/menu.1st. I checked in /boot and noticed that there were files with prefixes "System.map", "initrd.img" and "vmlinuz" bearing versions all the way from 2.6.24-16 to 2.6.24-21.

Apart from the latest version (2.6.24-21), can I safely delete the older files to free up disk space ?

[sparky-steve]

Is this what you're after?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/proper-...linux-kernels/

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22812

Hope it helps.

SS

[iaculallad]

You can use Synaptics Package Manager to safely delete those files. You only have to search for the 'linux-image' string (w/o quote) and mark the kernels you want remove for "Complete Removal". Click on the Apply option when you're done selecting what kernels you want to remove. This will automatically update your /boot/grub/menu.lst file for you.

Note: It's better if you leave an older kernel for a backup just in case.

[fooman]

apart from those methods...you can use synaptic to remove the old kernels. once i am sure that the latest is stable, i usually keep that and the one previous to it....then delete the rest.