Thread: /boot is full...and removing old images...

ubuntu sever 12.04

hey folks, have server noticed /boot partition filling up. followed recommendations post...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1435818

..that worked great. question after executing commands remove few images like...

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-3.2.0-39-gen

...when list images sudo dpkg --list 'linux-image*', packages removed still show in list, though can see disk space has been freed up. missing?

you're not missing anything.

code:

root@eeepc:/home/kalehrl# dpkg -l | grep linux-image- rc  linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic      3.2.0-33.52                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp rc  linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic      3.2.0-34.53                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp rc  linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic      3.2.0-35.55                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp rc  linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic      3.2.0-36.57                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp rc  linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic      3.2.0-38.61                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp rc  linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic      3.2.0-39.62                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp ii  linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic      3.2.0-40.64                             linux kernel image version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 smp ii  linux-image-generic               3.2.0.40.48                             generic linux kernel image

removed kernels marked rc.

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