On Wednesday 18 January 2006 11:05 pm, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: > On 1/19/06, Beau E. Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi - > > > > When a new kernel ( I'm using gentoo-sources ) comes down > > the line, I go to /usr/src, ln -s to linux, copy current > > .config, yada, yada... It works fine. > > > > Now I notice in eix that all my old kernels are marked as > > 'installed'. I normally keep only the previous kernel in > > /boot. Can I safely 'emerge -C' the older kernels w/o > > upsetting my apple cart? > > > > -- > > Aloha => Beau; > > > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > Yes, you can clean the old kernel versions, this will free you some space. > > A quick way to do it is: > - back up your .config
I have the kernel option on that puts the compressed .config file of the running kernel in /proc ( I think that's neat - you always have access to the running .config ). > - emerge -C gentoo-sources or whatever-sources (this will clean all > versions) - emerge gentoo-sources (only merges the actual) That is an excellent way to go...Thanks, Andrés. > > > -- > Andrés -- Aloha => Beau; -- [email protected] mailing list
