:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-headers-3.13.0-77 linux-headers-3.13.0-77-generic linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-77-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 271 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 168496 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-headers-3.13.0-77-generic (3.13.0-77.121) ... Removing linux-headers-3.13.0-77 (3.13.0-77.121) ... Removing linux-image-extra-3.13.0-77-generic (3.13.0-77.121) ... run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-79-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-79-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin done Removing linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic (3.13.0-77.121) ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-77-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-79-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-79-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin done The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub] The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]