[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting rid of a core with a link

[Russ]

I'm seeking assistance with a situation that I don't understand.

I've got a core file that was created when a power outage (no UPS)
occurred during an update of my Linux system.  Pardon my description
if it isn't clear.  I'd like to get rid of it because it's a 2.7 mB
file on a 8 mB hard drive.  It's owned by root and exists as link to
/proc/kcore.

This the status of the core:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    11 2005-09-09 09:30 core -> /proc/kcore

If the core was a discrete file I could get rid of it.  It was a
common problem on a Unix system we used at work.  For me the problem
is that it's a link.  I don't know the consequences of doing a removal
as I would for a file without a link and I'd rather not go through the
whole install/update of the distro if I don't have to.

The Linux manuals I have don't tell me how to dispose of this,
including the books that are associated with the distro (Suse 9.1).  I
find instructions in my Unix books but I'm reticent to try those
procedures.

Advice would be welcome.  Thanks in advance.
-- 
Russ