I have a Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit installation sided with a Windows 7 64-bit in dual-boot configuration. I was trying to remove older kernels packages to free some space, but the process is taking too long.
I entered the following command:
cat knlist.txt | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
The file knlist.txt contains:
linux-headers-3.2.0-77
linux-headers-3.2.0-77-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-80
linux-headers-3.2.0-80-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-82
linux-headers-3.2.0-82-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-83
linux-headers-3.2.0-83-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-84
linux-headers-3.2.0-84-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-85
linux-headers-3.2.0-85-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-86
linux-headers-3.2.0-86-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-87
linux-headers-3.2.0-87-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-88
linux-headers-3.2.0-88-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-89
linux-headers-3.2.0-89-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-77-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-80-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-82-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-83-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-84-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-85-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-87-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-88-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-89-generic
linux-tools-3.2.0-80
linux-tools-3.2.0-82
linux-tools-3.2.0-83
linux-tools-3.2.0-84
linux-tools-3.2.0-85
linux-tools-3.2.0-87
linux-tools-3.2.0-88
linux-tools-3.2.0-89
My current kernel is 3.2.0-91.
Normally it takes some minutes but now it is taking forever! I already left it running for the entire night. Each step take hours!
I tried pausing the process using ctrl+z and resuming with % + return, I have even aborted the process and restarted.
After resuming about 3 hours ago, the screen is like this (I have a Portuguese installation):
Removendo linux-image-3.2.0-77-generic ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-77-generic
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-77-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux 3.2.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-77-generic
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-91-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-90-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-89-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-88-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-87-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-85-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-84-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-83-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-82-generic...
P: Writing config for Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sdb1...
P: Installing debian theme... done.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-77-generic
(The last step appeared some minutes ago)
Here is my lsblk:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 74,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 5G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda2 8:2 0 69,5G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 931,5G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 100M 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 50,1G 0 part
└─sdb3 8:19 0 881,4G 0 part /media/Dados
sdc 8:32 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 0 349,3G 0 part /media/Storage
└─sdc2 8:34 0 116,5G 0 part /media/Extra
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
What can I do to fix this sluggishness? Is it because there are too many kernels to remove?
I was thinking to leave it running the grub configurator, but it would take days and I'm really afraid to melt my drive due to intense hdd activity during the process.