From: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Minimal Gentoo with X
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:05:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTik6LDdHIVFZ-NtNa_-XT8S9r7uNfZfYjOFil0xh@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100630164544.0b213cf9@zaphod.digimed.co.uk>
>> 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.
It is also good to keep the System.map and vmlinux file in case you or
someone else needs to debug your kernel traces.
--
Kyle
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-30 16:06 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
2010-06-30 16:05 ` Kyle Bader [this message]
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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