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Could I remove the redundant CentOS kernel in my droplet?

Posted on April 23, 2014

I found that there are several redundant CentOS kernel installed in my droplet, but currently I only use the latest one, so is it safe to remove the outdated kernel from my droplet?



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The package-cleanup command from yum-utils can help with that: <br> <br><pre> <br>yum install yum-utils <br>package-cleanup --oldkernels <br></pre>

may i use the command: sudo yum remove kernel.2.6.32-431.* instead?

@pirlow: You could, just make certain that you aren’t removing the kernel that you are using. “package-cleanup --oldkernels” does some basic sanity checks to keep you from running into trouble.

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