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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:54:20 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> Since space is a issue for you, you really only need the kernel sources |
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>> for the kernel you are using. One could argue that if you have a well |
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>> built kernel and don't plan to change it in the future, you could |
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>> remove its sources too. I would save a copy of the config tho. |
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> I'd certainly argue that. A single set of sources can take up more than |
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> half a gigabyte after compilation. If you use make install to install the |
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> kernel, it puts a backup of the config in /boot automatically. |
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This is one of those questions that is like 'how much swap do I need'? |
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It depends on your goals. With Gentoo, you can really slim down a lot |
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of stuff. Disabled USE flags for unneeded things, remove packages that |
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are not needed, clean out distfiles and binaries in *packages/All then |
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disable buildpkg in make.conf. There is a lot of things that can be |
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done to reduce the install. Heck, if they can put Gentoo on a guitar, |
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it's got to be pretty small. |
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I also like the post someone else made. Run it like a embedded system. |
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That is really small from what I have read, or can be at least. |
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Oh, I still do my kernel installs the manual way. I have a weird way of |
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naming my kernels so that I know at a glance what is what. I also name |
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the config the same as the kernels so that I know which config goes with |
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which kernel. I have had to back up once or twice. Nothing like a net |
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to catch us when something fails or falls. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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