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Remove old kernels on Ubuntu server (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2058377)
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remove_kernels.sh
# Get info about current kernel
uname -a
# List installed kernels
dpkg-query -l | awk '/linux-image-*/ {print $2}'
# Remove old kernel and dependencies (DO NOT DELETE KERNEL FROM uname -a)
sudo apt-get --purge remove <Kernel>
sudo apt-get autoremove
# Update grub (usually not necessary)
sudo update-grub
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