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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:56:08
Message-Id: 200807170155.54235.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels by Allan Gottlieb
1 On Donnerstag, 17. Juli 2008, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
2 > I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked.
3 > They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19*
4 >
5 > Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if
6 > I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need
7 > keep only the contents of /lib/modules/<version> and can discard
8 > /usr/src/linux-version, but would appreciate confirmation.
9
10 yes.
11
12 and to speed up unmerging, delete the src directories first, unmerge after
13 that.
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