Old Kernel removal

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#1

I believe I have too many old kernels and would like to remove a few of them. What is the best way do do this?

Here is the output of rpm -qa | grep kerenel:


rpm -qa | grep kernel                                                                   
kernel-xen-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                       
kernel-pae-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                 
kernel-source-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.noarch                                                                  
kernel-desktop-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                   
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                 
kernel-debug-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                     
linux-kernel-headers-2.6.31-3.4.noarch                                                                
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                               
kernel-default-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                             
kernel-source-rt-2.6.31-3.4.noarch                                                                    
kernel-syms-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                      
kernel-pae-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586                                                                       
patterns-openSUSE-devel_kernel-11.2-20.22.1.i586                                                      
nfs-kernel-server-1.1.3-21.3.1.i586                                                                   
kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
kernel-firmware-20090821-4.1.noarch
kernel-default-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586

Also of these which ones should I keep, and which ones should I remove?

#2

rpm -e kernelname

#3

Thanks, which ones are safe to remove, and why are there so many?

#4

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> rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernel-xen-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-pae-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-source-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.noarch
> kernel-desktop-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-xen-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-debug-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> linux-kernel-headers-2.6.31-3.4.noarch
> kernel-debug-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-default-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-source-rt-2.6.31-3.4.noarch
> kernel-syms-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-pae-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> patterns-openSUSE-devel_kernel-11.2-20.22.1.i586
> nfs-kernel-server-1.1.3-21.3.1.i586
> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586
> kernel-firmware-20090821-4.1.noarch
> kernel-default-2.6.31.12-0.1.1.i586

kernel xen can be deleted if you don’t use Xen
then use uname -r and keep the kernel that uanme say and its source,
headers and devel, firmware can be installed for some device, so keep
it, the other you can delete it

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#5 
uname -r

will give you what runs at the moment.

I do not know if you need the other ones, that is up to you.