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Re: /boot full (of old-dkms)

From	Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>
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Subject	Re: /boot full (of old-dkms)
Date	2019-02-10 11:40 +0100
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	Hi.

On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 10:32:21AM +0100, Erik Josefsson wrote:
> Den 2019-02-07 kl. 10:31, skrev john doe:
> > According to (1), you should be fine removing '.old-dkms' files in '/boot'.
> > However, I would do a backup of those files before removing them.
> > 
> > 1)https://askubuntu.com/questions/863380/can-i-remove-old-dkms-files
> 
> Very good answer in the link, and now I feel stupid to ask anyway: Can I safely remove all '.old-dkms' files, or should I save the youngest (in /boot)?

Are these files referenced in /boot/grub/grub.cfg?
If not, they are useless for booting and can be removed just as they
created.

Reco

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/boot full (of old-dkms) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-02-07 08:20 +0100
  Re: /boot full (of old-dkms) john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-02-07 10:40 +0100
    Re: /boot full (of old-dkms) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-02-08 00:30 +0100
    Re: /boot full (of old-dkms) Erik Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson@gmail.com> - 2019-02-10 10:40 +0100
      Re: /boot full (of old-dkms) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-02-10 11:40 +0100

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