[PVE-User] Cleaning up /boot partition

Lex Rivera me at lex.io
Sun Oct 6 15:27:55 CEST 2013


Try this: 
dpkg -l pve-kernel-* | awk '/^ii/{ print $2}' | grep -v -e `uname -r |
cut -f1,2 -d"-"` | grep -e [0-9] | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
you can remove -y from last command to verify things before uninstall,
otherwise it will wipe old kernels without confirmation.


On Sat, Oct 5, 2013, at 07:38 PM, David Thompson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I updated as server that was running an initial version of 2.0 all the
> way through subsequent 2.X and finally up to 3.1 release.
> 
> I have a lot of left over old kernels in the /boot volume.
> 
> What is the best (and safest) way to go about removing these kernels and
> any dependences they may have.
> 
> I’ve seen some info on how to do this with ubuntu systems, but I thought
> I would check before following those instructions as I’d rather not mess
> things up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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> David
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