You can clean up the old kernels with
rpm -e kernel.2.4.blah.blah.blah
It's the one time you need all the version stuff. Cleans out grub.conf
too.
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Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Doug Koobs wrote:
> Thanks! I'll try that tonight... Sorry for the confusion over system.map
> and modules.info file...
> This is the boring and embarrasing tale that explains what happenned...
>
> After many RPM upgrades via RHN, my GRUB screen began looking a bit
> crowded. So, I decided to clean it up a bit, and removed entries in
> grub.conf to the old kernels I no longer needed. Then, I went to /boot to
> clean up the old files there. While deleting old files, I deleted the
> system.map for the current kernel. This is when I began writing the
> original email with the system.map subject line.
> In the midst of writing the email, I had the bright idea to try to
> un-install and reinstall the kernel RPM's. The un-install then removed
> vmlinuz.version, and modules.info.version. When I tried to re-install the
> RPM, my system just hangs. So, I am now missing system.map, vmlinuz, and
> modules.info. I then recompiled the kernel, and was able to re-create
> system.map and vmlinuz, but not modules.info. I will retry the kernel
> compile and the commands you listed below tonight.
>
> Also, when deleting entries in grub, I managed to delete some of the
> current kernel entries... Yesterday was just not a good day... Anyway,
> Grub is loaded on the MBR, and /boot is the first partition on the first
> drive, and /root is the 3rd partition on the first drive. I haven't had a
> chance to research correct format for the grub.conf file, I'll do that
> tonight. But if anyone cares to send a sample file, that would be great :)
>
> Sorry for the long email. I'm going to go change my name now...
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> > On Wednesday March 26 2003 10:38 pm, you wrote:
> >> I'm sure this would make a great episode for for Worst Case Scenario,
> >> or at least Jackass... But in my eternal struggle to accomplish what
> >> no other intelligent sane person would do, I managed to delete
> >> /boot/modules.info-2.4.18.27.8.0. (RH 8.0) Please don't ask how, it's
> >> a long, boring, and embarrasing story... How can I re-create this
> >> file? I've tried reinstalling the kernel rpm, but rpm just hangs..
> >> I've recompiled the kernel, but can't seem to re-create this file. Any
> >> ideas? I don't think I can reboot this system, although I assume that
> >> if everything was compiled into the kernel, without the use of
> >> modules, I may not even need that file... Thanks...
> >>
> >> Doug
> >
> >
> > You are talking about two different files here system.map and
> > modules-info. I don't know which one you are really missing or if you
> > are missing both. But, here's what to do for each file.
> >
> > Since you have recompiled the kernel a new system.map.version should
> > have been created in your source directory /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES.
> > Copy the file to your /boot directory and correct the system.map sym
> > link to point to the /boot/system.map.version file.
> >
> > With regard to modules-info, you should run the command "make dep clean
> > install modules modules_install" when compiling the kernel. This will
> > create the modules-info-version file and should install it in /boot. If
> > it does not install it. simply copy the file from your
> > /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES directory and update the modules-info sym link
> > to point to this new version of the file.
> >
> >
> > http://www.linuxsurveys.com
>
>
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