On 12/20/2010 2:15 AM, Rishi Agrawal wrote: > > Thanks a ton ... I will try it. > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Mulyadi Santosa > <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hi Rishi.... > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:48, Rishi Agrawal > <rishi.b.agrawal@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:rishi.b.agrawal@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I installed the kernel 2.6.36 into my Fedora 12 system. > > > > I am now low on disk space. > > > > [root@rishi-desktop kernels]# du -sh linux-2.6.36/ > > 4.4G linux-2.6.36/ > > Hm, I think that's rather big....here after compilation (of course, my > .config is likely different than yours), 2.6.36 takes approximately > 1.7 GiB > > > > It shows that the new compiled kernel is taking around 4.4GB. > > Together with the object files during linking stage, I believe :) > > > I wanted to free some of the space occupied by the compiled code. I > > understand that the /lib/modules/2.6.36 directory can't be > deleted as it > > contains the compiled modules. > > Yup... > > > I wanted to delete the files in /usr/src/kernel/2.6.36, without > effecting my > > newly installed kernel. > > > > -> Can I delete them? > > AFAIK, /lib/modules/<version>/build is symlink-ed to that source code > dir, so IMHO don't delete it.. > > > -> What is the best way to delete them, I want to keep the source > files? > > I think the best way here is to do "make clean" and then followed by > "make modules_prepare". That way, your kernel source dir is build with > files enough to compile external modules whenever needed, but not too > bloated > > -- > regards, > > Mulyadi Santosa > Freelance Linux trainer and consultant > > blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com <http://the-hydra.blogspot.com> > training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com > <http://mulyaditraining.blogspot.com> > > > > > -- > Regards, > Rishi Agrawal > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies Hi Rishi, One other thing that might help is not compiling a debug build if you dont need it. Debug objects are much bigger of course. If you're ending up at 4.4GB it sounds like a build with debugging on. -- -Dexter Haslem _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
