What is the proper method to remove old kernels from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system?
Issue
- How can I remove old kernel packages from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system?
- Two kernel packages are appearing in my system, how to remove the older kernel package?
- My /boot directory is getting full, how do I remove old kernels?
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
14804452 7006156 7046272 50% /
/dev/sda1 101086 101086 0 100% /boot
none 127332 0 127332 0% /dev/shm
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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