[gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Beau E. Cox
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Beau E. Cox
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:05:20 +0100, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: A quick way to do it is: - back up your .config If you installed the kernel with make install, the config is already backed up to /boot. - emerge -C gentoo-sources or whatever-sources (this will clean all versions) -

Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/19/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:05:20 +0100, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: A quick way to do it is: - back up your .config If you installed the kernel with make install, the config is already backed up to /boot. - emerge -C gentoo-sources or

RE: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2006 10:52 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions On 1/19/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:05:20 +0100, Andres

Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:36:53 -, Michael Kintzios wrote: Also it doesn't remove the source distpackages, or the lib/modules for the particular kernel version. There may be a script lurking somewhere in the forums, but I remove these manually out of habit. Removing the source tarballs for

Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions

2006-01-19 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:05:20 +0100 Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: 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 - emerge -C gentoo-sources or whatever-sources (this will clean all versions) - emerge