Adron/kernal-cleanup.md

## kernal-cleanup.md

      
    Raw
  

              kernal-cleanup.md
            
          
    First find packages.
dpkg -l linux-image*

Identify the kernal version in use.
uname -r

Delete the old kernals.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-4.4.0-{101,103}-server
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-4.8.0-{36,56,58}-server
...etc...

Then clean up the old kernals.
sudo apt-get autoremove

For post 16.04 Ubuntu this is available -> http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/05/remove-old-kernels-ubuntu-16-04/