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Joost Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Monday 16 May 2011 20:55:39 Dale wrote: |
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>> root@smoker / # du -shc /lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r8/ |
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>> 7.6M /lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r8/ |
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>> 7.6M total |
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>> root@smoker / # |
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>> It's not much but it could help. |
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> Imagine a system that's been kept updated for over 10 years and a new kernel |
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> comes out every month (on average) |
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> You could end up with 120 of these, and then it would be 912MB... |
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> And if you're like me and stick a lot of stuff as modules, then it could be |
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> even more.... |
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> Joost |
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That's why I wanted to clarify, not just for me but for others. I'm |
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gong to look on my old machine when I boot it again. That install is |
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many years old and I have NEVER deleted anything there. I bet it is |
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pretty good size by now. Thing is, I only use nvidia as a module myself |
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but some stuff is forced in as a module. Some SCSI driver. |
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This is good to know. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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