I’ve found over the months since 9.10 came out that the kernel has been updated several times. This results in old kernels taking up disk space, as well as more entries in the GRUB menu. I’ve finally found out how to clean up the older kernels, and make a shorter GRUB menu.
You have to find the current kernel number, and save it and the previous one, for safety’s sake.
First, open a terminal. Enter uname -r to get the kernel release.
First, open a terminal. Enter uname -r to get the kernel release.
List all kernel images with sudo ls /boot/vmlinuz* | cut -d’-’ -f2,3
Start synaptic and find the previous kernel images, and mark them for uninstall
To finish the job:
dpkg -l | grep ^ii | grep [release number] | awk -F’ ‘ ‘{ print $2; }’
The final step is:
sudo aptitude remove linux-image-[release number], repeat for each release
You must take care to not remove the current release or you will leave linux unbootable.
I ran sudo update-grub afterward to rebuild the GRUB menu, although I’m not sure if it was really necessary.
Just remember, your mileage may vary, and I do not stand behind any of the above. It worked for me, it may work for you.
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