How to Delete Old Unused Kernels in CentOS, RHEL and Fedora | Linux Today

How to Delete Old Unused Kernels in CentOS, RHEL and Fedora

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Ravi Saive
Sep 6, 2017

In this article, we will show how to remove old/unused kernel images on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora systems. However, before you remove an old kernel, it is important to too keep your kernel up to date; install the latest version in order to leverage new kernel functions and to protect your system from vulnerabilities that have been discovered in older versions.

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Ravi Saive

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