removing installed kernel question
After reading up on freeing diskspace I found that I had 6 different kernels installed. I removed 3 older ones knowing that I'll never use them. But now I am left with 3 that resemble the current kernal I am using:
Using (uname -r):
kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4
Remaining (rpm -qa|grep kernel):
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4
kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4
Removing with rpm -e kernel.2.(version)
Question:
Is it safe to remove the rest minus the one I'm using?
Wut is the devel mean?
What does smp mean?
The kernel-smp-devel package is only headers and makefiles that you might need to build modules against the smp-kernel. It's propably not needed unless you're compiling your own kernel or building modules. The kernel-smp is a kernel for smp-systems, ie. if you have a computer with more than one processor, or a processor with hyperthreading or similar. The last kernel is the normal kernel used for most systems.
I won't promise you that it's safe to remove these kernels, but if you have a normal computer you should only need the kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 package. The devel-package might be needed to compile things like the nvidia driver if you're using that, but make sure that you use the devel-package that belongs to the kernel you're using.
Another option is to compile you own kernel, and remove all kernel-packages. It's not really that hard, there's plenty of information on the net, but if you're new to linux it's maybe not such a great idea.
Anyway, I hope I answered you question, otherwise you'll just have to ask some more [smile]
I won't promise you that it's safe to remove these kernels, but if you have a normal computer you should only need the kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 package. The devel-package might be needed to compile things like the nvidia driver if you're using that, but make sure that you use the devel-package that belongs to the kernel you're using.
Another option is to compile you own kernel, and remove all kernel-packages. It's not really that hard, there's plenty of information on the net, but if you're new to linux it's maybe not such a great idea.
Anyway, I hope I answered you question, otherwise you'll just have to ask some more [smile]
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