[Klug-general] Distro Wars

[Karl Lattimer]

rpm -q kernel 

gives you a list of the installed kernels

rpm -e kernel-2.x.xx 

will remove a specific kernel

On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 13:30 +0000, Peter wrote:
> Following the poll for best beginners Linux I tried to install Mandrake 
> onto my system. It failed because I needed to install a kernal first. 
> I'm not sure how this is done so I left it for the time being and 
> reverted to Fedora Core 3.
> 
> Having used the Red Hat Network update my system I now find I have three 
> fc3 kernals in my machine.
> 
> I've looked for information on installing and removing kernals but 
> without success. I suspect it's one of those easy tasks where you don't 
> realise a beginner needs to be talked through the first attempt.
> 
> I did have the idea of running Fedora and Mandrake along with Windows as 
> a triple boot system but they both seem to need a / root partition.
> 
> Happy New Year
> Peter
> 
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