from:http://www.ibloglife.com/archives/ubuntu-uninstall-the-extra-cores.html
一般都使用ubuntu的自动升级来自动安装升级包,除了升级软件外,还有就是ubuntu系统的内核了,用久了,系统就会存在多个内核,如果不想要,就用apt-get把不想要的内核卸载掉,一般都是保留新内容,把旧的内核卸载掉,对硬盘空间资源紧张的用户来说,这还能节省点空间。
1、首先执行uname -a,查看当前使用的内核:
linux xianghui-laptop 2.6.28-16-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 20 19:48:24 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
2、然后执行dpkg --get-selections|grep linux,查看系统中有哪些内核:
libselinux1 install
linux-firmware install
linux-generic install
linux-headers-2.6.28-11 install
linux-headers-2.6.28-16 install
linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic install
linux-headers-2.6.28-16-generic install
linux-headers-generic install
linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic install
linux-image-2.6.28-16-generic install
linux-image-generic install
linux-libc-dev install
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic install
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-16-generic install
linux-restricted-modules-common install
linux-restricted-modules-generic install
linux-sound-base install
syslinux install
util-linux install
3、带有image的就是内核文件,可以看到,上面是有二个内核,从中选择要卸载的包,如linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic,用apt-get来卸载:
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic