kernel image path

[Sumit Kumar]

Thanks a lot Valdis.

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Thanks and Regards,

Sumit


On Wednesday 09 May 2018 12:54 AM, valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2018 00:37:42 +0530, Sumit Kumar said:
>> Thanks Valdis. I checked /lib/modules directory. It had a lot of
>> subdirectories - one for each kernel build I guess, each one around 4GB.
>> I have removed some of the older one's with "rm" cmd. I hope it doesn't
>> break grub.
> Grub doesn't care, it only cares that the bzImage/vmlinuz and (if needed)
> initramfs that you listed in the grub config file are there. (Actually, it
> doesn't actually *check* until you try to boot a kernel and it can't find
> them there, at which point it will tell you...)
>
> The kernel you boot will care if one of the directories you nuked from
> /lib/modules was for the version of the kernel you booted.  In other words,
> if you did an rm -r /lib/modules/4.19.9-rc12  you may as well toss any
> 4.19.9-rc12 files in /boot and the Grub menu.
>
> However, the initramfs *should* have included any modules needed to get
> your root filesystem mounted, so even if you removed the directory for a
> given 'uname -r', you should still be able to boot single-user.