"Carlos E. R." writes:

The Monday 2006-10-09 at 10:34 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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This has created 'duplicated' files in /boot and in /usr/src for the replaced kernels, files like System.map, initrd, symsets, etc. All these redundant files add up to a bit of disk space.

Could you create a bug report with details, please?

This as always been so, I think. Most of them seem to be files that are not in the rpm, but created on site, specially if we recompile the kernel.

Ok, if you recompile a kernel, this is true - but if not then you shouldn't have them.

This is what I currently have:

/kernel-modules 0 ~linux 20 /linux-2.6.11.4-21.11 1186M /linux-2.6.11.4-21.12 1186M /linux-2.6.16.13-4 209137K /linux-2.6.16.21-0.13 216583K /linux-2.6.16.21-0.21 229682K /linux-2.6.16.21-0.25 439074K /linux-2.6.16.21-0.25-obj 6563899 ~linux-obj 24

I have freed some gigs now. I simply forgot.

;-) Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

Bob S wrote:

On Monday 09 October 2006 06:33, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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Ok, if you recompile a kernel, this is true - but if not then you shouldn't have them.

Andreas

Welllll....I am running 10.0 64 bit and I have 3 versions. 2.6.13-15.10, 11, & 12 I do not compile the kernel. In the past I just used to go in and delete old versions. I run lilo and the current kernel version only with failsafe. Do we have a bug here?

That's what Andreas indicates - it's a bug. Cheers. -- "Every burned book enlightens the world." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Andreas Jaeger wrote:

Basil Chupin writes:

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Since v10.1 was released the kernel has now been upgraded 3 times (...16.13-4 > ...16.21-0.13 > ...16.21-0.21 > ...16.21-0.25).

This has created 'duplicated' files in /boot and in /usr/src for the replaced kernels, files like System.map, initrd, symsets, etc. All these redundant files add up to a bit of disk space.

Could you create a bug report with details, please?

Sorry, Andreas, but contrary to my previous message stating that I will submit a bug report on this I now won't because I just got fed-up trying to get past the "login"/"create an account" rubbish to be able to submit the report. I've been on the Novell/Suse site before, have a login name but it is not accepted and the damn system won't let me create an account 'cause, it tells me, I already have one; I've asked for those login details because I "forgot both" and have now been waiting for over around 20 minutes for the e-mail from Novell. Pigs will fly. I'll just delete the redundant directories/files and get on with life. Cheers. -- "Every burned book enlightens the world." Ralph Waldo Emerson