On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 00:52, Anita Lewis wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 17:21:19 +1100, James McDonald wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I don't know if this is a dumb question or not but I have recompiled > > my RH7.2 Kernel to include support for ntfs and dynamic disk volumes > > (It's living on the same disk as XP). > > > > What I would like to know is there a method of removing the original > > kernel etc. Or will I break something if I just go in and delete it. > > > > Cheers > > I usually keep the old kernel in /boot and in lilo.conf until I'm sure the > new one works. Then I use 'rm' to remove it from /boot along with its > matching System.map and I take the stanza for it out of /etc/lilo.conf and > rewrite LILO to the mbr. You will be keeping the source and since it is > the same kernel, the modules in /lib/modules will have the same directory > as the old one. I mention this, because if I change kernel versions, I > remove the old source from /usr/src and the old modules as well. You will > just be removing the vmlinuz from /boot since you have not changed kernel > versions. Just be sure the new one works first. >
As far as the SOURCE goes, it is complete safe to rm -rf /usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/ The other directory you can clean out is /lib/modules/2.4.7-10 as this is quite large. Naturally and of course, it is assumed your new kernel is up and running before you do any of the above. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
