Re: [gentoo-user] Minimal Gentoo with X

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> 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.
>
>    

This is one of those questions that is like 'how much swap do I need'?  
It depends on your goals.  With Gentoo, you can really slim down a lot 
of stuff.  Disabled USE flags for unneeded things, remove packages that 
are not needed, clean out distfiles and binaries in *packages/All then 
disable buildpkg in make.conf.  There is a lot of things that can be 
done to reduce the install.  Heck, if they can put Gentoo on a guitar, 
it's got to be pretty small.

I also like the post someone else made.  Run it like a embedded system.  
That is really small from what I have read, or can be at least.

Oh, I still do my kernel installs the manual way.  I have a weird way of 
naming my kernels so that I know at a glance what is what.  I also name 
the config the same as the kernels so that I know which config goes with 
which kernel.  I have had to back up once or twice.  Nothing like a net 
to catch us when something fails or falls.

Dale

:-)  :-)