Number of kernels in /boot Fedora vs. Ubuntu

Tom Metro tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 31 14:36:37 EST 2010


Dan Ritter wrote:
> Assuming you're using grub, look at /etc/grub.conf:
> 
> ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
> ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
> ## alternative kernel options
> ## e.g. howmany=all
> ##      howmany=7

But that just controls how many show up in the menu, right?

I think Jerry was asking more about how you manage the quantity of
kernel packages that remain installed. My recollection is that there is
no automation for that on Debian/Ubuntu.

 -Tom

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