markdown kernal-cleanup.md

Posted 2021-05-06

First find packages.

```
dpkg -l linux-image*
```

Identify the kernal version in use.

```
uname -r
```

Delete the old kernals.

```
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-4.4.0-{101,103}-server
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-4.8.0-{36,56,58}-server
...etc...
```

Then clean up the old kernals.

```
sudo apt-get autoremove
```

For post 16.04 Ubuntu this is available -> http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/05/remove-old-kernels-ubuntu-16-04/