# Mutliple copies of Rocky Linux on boot screen

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-8\
**Created:** [May 21, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/mutliple-copies-of-rocky-linux-on-boot-screen/14186 "2024-05-21T12:01:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![JulianTk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/juliantk/32/4006_2.png) [@JulianTk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/JulianTk)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/mutliple-copies-of-rocky-linux-on-boot-screen/14186/1 "2024-05-21T12:01:26Z")

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Another newbie question, I’m afraid!

When I first installed Rocky Linux, the boot screen offered me the choice of the version of Linux I was running, Windows Boot Manager and System Set-up (I’m running a dual-disc dual-boot arrangement so that my Windows and Linux systems are on separate discs).

I have since installed three system updates. Now the boot screen offers me the current version of Rocky Linux and the three older ones I no longer use, including a “rescue” version, together with the Windows offerings as above.

Presumably, the older versions of Linux are taking up disc space. Do I need them? If not, how can I get rid of them?

Thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/mutliple-copies-of-rocky-linux-on-boot-screen/14186/2 "2024-05-21T12:57:46Z")

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They are earlier “kernels”. Update of regular package replaces old version, but new kernels are added – if something in package update goes wrong, then one could end up without any kernel.

One can list this type of packages with:  
`dnf rq --installonly`  
and even leave the latest from the list:  
`dnf rq --installonly --latest=-1`

One could remove those older packages.  
Three might be the limit of how many versions are kept; older will be automatically removed as new updates get installed.

The kernel packages do not take huge amount of space.

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**Author:** ![JulianTk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/juliantk/32/4006_2.png) [@JulianTk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/JulianTk)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/mutliple-copies-of-rocky-linux-on-boot-screen/14186/3 "2024-05-21T13:47:08Z")

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Hi there,

Thank you so much. I won’t worry about them, then. I was beginning to wonder whether I was going to end up with 100 of the things!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/mutliple-copies-of-rocky-linux-on-boot-screen/14186/4 "2024-07-20T13:47:24Z")

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