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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Minimal Gentoo with X
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:45:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100630164544.0b213cf9@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C2B5A9C.5060609@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:54:20 -0500, Dale wrote:

> Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources 
> for the kernel you are using.  One could argue that if you have a well 
> built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could
> remove its sources too.  I would save a copy of the config tho.

I'd certainly argue that. A single set of sources can take up more than
half a gigabyte after compilation. If you use make install to install the
kernel, it puts a backup of the config in /boot automatically.


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Neil Bothwick

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-30 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-30 13:48 [gentoo-user] Minimal Gentoo with X Shoka
2010-06-30 13:56 ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-30 14:48   ` Shoka
2010-06-30 14:52     ` Crístian Viana
2010-06-30 22:06       ` Jake Moe
2010-06-30 14:54     ` Dale
2010-06-30 15:45       ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2010-06-30 16:05         ` Kyle Bader
2010-06-30 16:12           ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-30 16:18           ` Neil Bothwick
2010-06-30 23:59             ` OT: " Peter Humphrey
2010-06-30 16:17         ` Dale
2010-06-30 16:09     ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-30 13:57 ` Mick
2010-06-30 14:01 ` Andy Wilkinson
2010-06-30 15:01 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2010-07-01  0:20   ` Peter Humphrey
2010-06-30 15:03 ` Grant Edwards
2010-06-30 15:32   ` Shoka
2010-06-30 15:46   ` Neil Bothwick
2010-06-30 16:17   ` Bill Longman
2010-06-30 16:20     ` Neil Bothwick
2010-06-30 16:26       ` Bill Longman
2010-06-30 16:44 ` [gentoo-user] " Arttu V.
2010-07-01 14:15 ` Shoka

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