Pat LaVarre wrote: > I see Google instructs me clearly on lk 2.4 and lk 2.6 makes, up thru > `make install`, but so far I've missed the explanation of the very next > step: > > How to recover the disk space I spend via `make modules_install` and > `make install`? > > Anybody know how? your kernel installs two things (at least...): 1. compressed kernel image (bzImage) that should be located in /boot directory. it may be named bzImage-2.x.xx or something like that. make sure you find the one you have installed, not your system's running kernel!!! you way want to look up your system's kernel in /etc/lilo.conf of grub's config. 2. "make modules" installs kernel modules in /lib/modules/2.x.xx. so if you have compiled 2.4.22, it will be /lib/modules/2.4.22. just delete the whole dir and that's all. by the way, i never use "make install". i usually go to /usr/src/linux-2.x.xx/arch/i386/boot and find my bzImage there - i copy it where i want it to be and then modify /etc/lilo.conf accordingly. i do use "make modules_install", though. good luck! Artemio. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
