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
:-) :-)
