Limiting the number of older kernels

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#1

opensuse v42.1

On one of our workstations I noticed that the older kernels are not being removed. Currently there are 8 of them, starting at 4.1.12, continuing to 4.1.31.

The other workstations keep at most 3 kernels.

How do I set a limit on the number of older kernels? How do I delete the old ones?

#2

Hi
Sounds like the purge-kernels.service has not run.

Check /etc/zypp/zypp.conf for;


multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,running

Then manually run the service;


systemctl start  purge-kernels.service

That should clean them up.

#3

The conf file was correct. The ourge-kernel service had gotten disabled along the way some how. After enabling and starting it in System Services, the old kernels were removed.

Thank you.