[nzlug] Old Kernels

[Craig Box]

Dirk Pilat wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> sorry to fill your inbox with a n00b question.
> 
> Running Ubuntu  Dapper on a rather rubbish Acer Aspire 3000 that
> sports a Sempron 3100 (and has the worst on-board graphics ever.
> Avoid!), I have installed the appropriate K7 kernel (and the
> consecutive updates), but now I have the choice of about 8 different
> Kernels to startup via Grub. How can I get rid of the ones I don't
> need aymore without destroying my installation?     

dpkg -l | grep linux-image will show you the packages that are installed.
Sometimes it helps to expand the display: "COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep
linux-image"

Then, apt-get remove the packages for kernels you don't use any more.  

Craig