/boot is 98% Full

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hello
after years of running my Probmox server i got a mail that
/boot ist 98% full
insyde there are a lot of same files exept version Number.
It is safe to delete the Old one?

@srv03:/boot# ls -lha
total 454M
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jul 16 11:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4.0K Feb 21 10:04 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104K Aug 21 2014 config-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104K Dec 19 2014 config-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Dec 27 2014 config-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Mar 6 2015 config-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Jun 24 2015 config-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Jul 31 2015 config-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Oct 9 2015 config-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Oct 5 2015 config-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Oct 21 2015 config-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Nov 15 2015 config-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Jan 28 11:30 config-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Mar 19 10:49 config-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K Jun 10 21:29 config-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K Jun 28 10:21 config-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K Jul 15 07:08 config-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K May 31 07:18 config-4.4.8-1-pve
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 7.0K Jul 16 11:01 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Nov 22 2014 initrd.img-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Dec 19 2014 initrd.img-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Jan 2 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M Mar 21 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M Jun 24 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Sep 2 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Oct 9 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Oct 10 2015 initrd.img-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Oct 23 2015 initrd.img-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Dec 8 2015 initrd.img-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Feb 5 22:20 initrd.img-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Apr 14 15:43 initrd.img-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jun 29 06:46 initrd.img-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jul 8 21:33 initrd.img-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jul 16 11:01 initrd.img-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jun 4 22:53 initrd.img-4.4.8-1-pve
drwx------ 2 root root 12K Nov 22 2014 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179K Sep 10 2014 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Sep 10 2014 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1.0K Jul 16 11:01 pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Aug 21 2014 System.map-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Dec 19 2014 System.map-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Dec 27 2014 System.map-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Mar 6 2015 System.map-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Jun 24 2015 System.map-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Jul 31 2015 System.map-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Oct 9 2015 System.map-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Oct 5 2015 System.map-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Oct 21 2015 System.map-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Nov 15 2015 System.map-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Jan 28 11:30 System.map-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Mar 19 10:49 System.map-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Jun 10 21:29 System.map-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Jun 28 10:21 System.map-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Jul 15 07:08 System.map-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M May 31 07:18 System.map-4.4.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1M Aug 21 2014 vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1M Dec 19 2014 vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Dec 27 2014 vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Mar 6 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Jun 24 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Jul 31 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Oct 9 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.5M Oct 5 2015 vmlinuz-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Oct 21 2015 vmlinuz-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Nov 15 2015 vmlinuz-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Jan 28 11:30 vmlinuz-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Mar 19 10:49 vmlinuz-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8M Jun 10 21:29 vmlinuz-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8M Jun 28 10:21 vmlinuz-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.9M Jul 15 07:08 vmlinuz-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8M May 31 07:18 vmlinuz-4.4.8-1-pve
 
hello
after years of running my Probmox server i got a mail that
/boot ist 98% full
insyde there are a lot of same files exept version Number.
It is safe to delete the Old one?

@srv03:/boot# ls -lha
total 454M
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jul 16 11:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4.0K Feb 21 10:04 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104K Aug 21 2014 config-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104K Dec 19 2014 config-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Dec 27 2014 config-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Mar 6 2015 config-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Jun 24 2015 config-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Jul 31 2015 config-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105K Oct 9 2015 config-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Oct 5 2015 config-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Oct 21 2015 config-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Nov 15 2015 config-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Jan 28 11:30 config-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Mar 19 10:49 config-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K Jun 10 21:29 config-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K Jun 28 10:21 config-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K Jul 15 07:08 config-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185K May 31 07:18 config-4.4.8-1-pve
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 7.0K Jul 16 11:01 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Nov 22 2014 initrd.img-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Dec 19 2014 initrd.img-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Jan 2 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M Mar 21 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M Jun 24 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Sep 2 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Oct 9 2015 initrd.img-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Oct 10 2015 initrd.img-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Oct 23 2015 initrd.img-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Dec 8 2015 initrd.img-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Feb 5 22:20 initrd.img-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M Apr 14 15:43 initrd.img-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jun 29 06:46 initrd.img-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jul 8 21:33 initrd.img-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jul 16 11:01 initrd.img-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M Jun 4 22:53 initrd.img-4.4.8-1-pve
drwx------ 2 root root 12K Nov 22 2014 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179K Sep 10 2014 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181K Sep 10 2014 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1.0K Jul 16 11:01 pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Aug 21 2014 System.map-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Dec 19 2014 System.map-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Dec 27 2014 System.map-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Mar 6 2015 System.map-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Jun 24 2015 System.map-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Jul 31 2015 System.map-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.6M Oct 9 2015 System.map-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Oct 5 2015 System.map-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Oct 21 2015 System.map-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Nov 15 2015 System.map-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Jan 28 11:30 System.map-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.6M Mar 19 10:49 System.map-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Jun 10 21:29 System.map-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Jun 28 10:21 System.map-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Jul 15 07:08 System.map-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M May 31 07:18 System.map-4.4.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1M Aug 21 2014 vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1M Dec 19 2014 vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Dec 27 2014 vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Mar 6 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-37-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Jun 24 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Jul 31 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-40-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2M Oct 9 2015 vmlinuz-2.6.32-42-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.5M Oct 5 2015 vmlinuz-4.2.2-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Oct 21 2015 vmlinuz-4.2.3-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Nov 15 2015 vmlinuz-4.2.3-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Jan 28 11:30 vmlinuz-4.2.6-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6M Mar 19 10:49 vmlinuz-4.2.8-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8M Jun 10 21:29 vmlinuz-4.4.10-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8M Jun 28 10:21 vmlinuz-4.4.13-1-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.9M Jul 15 07:08 vmlinuz-4.4.13-2-pve
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8M May 31 07:18 vmlinuz-4.4.8-1-pve

Seems you have a lot of kernels installed. You can list those packages with:

# dpkg -l |grep pve-kernel

And you can remove them with:

# dpkg --remove <pgname>
 
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ok, thanks for your feedback
if i do a upgrade with comand line apt upgrade -y or on the GUI this will be the same i belive?

and, if i do like you descibet there are some packet i can't remove (but could remove them with --purge)
 
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