Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-29 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Sorry, my mistake, nothing about 64 bit. I compiled the 32bit kernel in xfs. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Magicloud Magiclouds magicloud.magiclo...@gmail.com wrote: I am using debian unstable 64 bit with lvm and ext3. All options are default. How did I find out? This OS is a VM. And the

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I use this pseudonym. That doesn't stop me from using my real name ;) Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 June 2010 08:44:15 Andrei Popescu wrote: On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I use this pseudonym. That doesn't stop me from using

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:44:15AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I use this pseudonym. That doesn't stop

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Op 28-06-10 13:12, Tzafrir Cohen schreef: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:44:15AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an English country. Some people cannot pronounce my name right. So I

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:20:05 -0400 (EDT), Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: Op 28-06-10 13:12, Tzafrir Cohen schreef: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:44:15AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Lu, 28 iun 10, 10:51:02, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: PS: Certainly this is not my real name. 8-) I am not from an

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 June 2010 12:12:23 Tzafrir Cohen wrote: So I guess we're still looking for an example of a non-English name that can't be pronounced right. Can't think of any. It isn't a case of whether it can be correctly pronounced, but of whether it is. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread H.S.
On 27/06/10 10:51 PM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: Thank you guys. I have not follow Stephen's guide, but I figured the reason out. It seems like an ext3's fault. The space (i-node wise) was used 5.x GB, but the actual space (data wise) was used only 1 GB. So a lot of space was just empty and

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-28 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
I am using debian unstable 64 bit with lvm and ext3. All options are default. How did I find out? This OS is a VM. And the disk data is in a non-fixed size file, not compressed. Sorry I forgot how to say this in English, by non-fixed size, I mean the VM software just allocate the actual disk space

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-27 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Thank you guys. I have not follow Stephen's guide, but I figured the reason out. It seems like an ext3's fault. The space (i-node wise) was used 5.x GB, but the actual space (data wise) was used only 1 GB. So a lot of space was just empty and wasted. I attached another disk to get the job done.

Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Hi, I am using debian unstable 64. Recently I wanted to compile a 2.6.34 kernel. Well, the source package is 64MB. Before `make-kpkg linux-image linux-headers --initrd` finished, the source directory took 6GB space, made the volume full. Tried a few times, the problem is still there, and

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 18:25, Magicloud Magiclouds magicloud.magiclo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using debian unstable 64. Recently I wanted to compile a 2.6.34 kernel. Well, the source package is 64MB. Before `make-kpkg linux-image linux-headers --initrd` finished, the source directory

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:55:41 -0400 (EDT), Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: I am using debian unstable 64. Recently I wanted to compile a 2.6.34 kernel. Well, the source package is 64MB. Before `make-kpkg linux-image linux-headers --initrd` finished, the source directory took 6GB space, made the

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/25/2010 09:10 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Magicloud Magiclouds? That can't be your real name! Can't you give us your real name? At least a first name? That is not the correct command syntax. I suggest that you read

Re: Compiling kernel took a lot of disk space.

2010-06-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:34:29 -0400 (EDT), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: On 06/25/2010 09:10 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: That is not the correct command syntax. I suggest that you read http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm Kernel building in Debian is a complex task fraught with many