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From: Andres Becerra Sandoval <andres.becerra@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:57:15
Message-Id: 221c6fc80601190252n108669d5nd3adf7dafa652ed4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions by Neil Bothwick
1 On 1/19/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:05:20 +0100, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote:
3 >
4 > > A quick way to do it is:
5 > > - back up your .config
6 >
7 > If you installed the kernel with make install, the config is already
8 > backed up to /boot.
9 >
10 > > - emerge -C gentoo-sources or whatever-sources (this will clean all
11 > > versions)
12 > > - emerge gentoo-sources (only merges the actual)
13 >
14 > Why remove the current version only to reinstall it?
15 > emerge --prune gentoo-sources will remove all but the latest.
16 >
17 > It's also faster to remove the directories from /usr/src before unmerging
18 > them. You'll need to remove them manually anyway as unmerge -C/P doesn't
19 > remove the compiled files.
20 >
21 >
22 > --
23 > Neil Bothwick
24 >
25 > The world is coming to an end... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!
26 >
27 >
28 >
29
30 Thank you Neil, this is quicker !
31
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33 Andrés
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RE: [gentoo-user] Old kernel versions Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk>