* Low on disk space after compiling new kernel. @ 2010-12-20 6:48 Rishi Agrawal 2010-12-20 8:45 ` Mulyadi Santosa 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Rishi Agrawal @ 2010-12-20 6:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies Hi All, I installed the kernel 2.6.36 into my Fedora 12 system. I am now low on disk space. [root at rishi-desktop kernels]# du -sh linux-2.6.36/ 4.4G linux-2.6.36/ It shows that the new compiled kernel is taking around 4.4GB. The /lib/modules/2.6.36 is taking around 780M on my disk. 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. I wanted to delete the files in /usr/src/kernel/2.6.36, without effecting my newly installed kernel. -> Can I delete them? -> What is the best way to delete them, I want to keep the source files? -> Should I run make clean to remove the compiled code? -> Any other way? -- Regards, Rishi Agrawal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20101220/4ccc1b30/attachment.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Low on disk space after compiling new kernel. 2010-12-20 6:48 Low on disk space after compiling new kernel Rishi Agrawal @ 2010-12-20 8:45 ` Mulyadi Santosa 2010-12-20 9:15 ` Rishi Agrawal 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Mulyadi Santosa @ 2010-12-20 8:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies Hi Rishi.... On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:48, Rishi Agrawal <rishi.b.agrawal@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I installed the kernel 2.6.36 into my Fedora 12 system. > > I am now low on disk space. > > [root at 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 training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Low on disk space after compiling new kernel. 2010-12-20 8:45 ` Mulyadi Santosa @ 2010-12-20 9:15 ` Rishi Agrawal 2010-12-20 14:04 ` Dexter Haslem 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Rishi Agrawal @ 2010-12-20 9:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies Thanks a ton ... I will try it. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Rishi.... > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:48, Rishi Agrawal <rishi.b.agrawal@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I installed the kernel 2.6.36 into my Fedora 12 system. > > > > I am now low on disk space. > > > > [root at 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 > training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com > -- Regards, Rishi Agrawal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20101220/146e778a/attachment.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Low on disk space after compiling new kernel. 2010-12-20 9:15 ` Rishi Agrawal @ 2010-12-20 14:04 ` Dexter Haslem 2010-12-21 4:30 ` Rishi Agrawal 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Dexter Haslem @ 2010-12-20 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies 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 at gmail.com <mailto:mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Rishi.... > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:48, Rishi Agrawal > <rishi.b.agrawal at gmail.com <mailto:rishi.b.agrawal@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I installed the kernel 2.6.36 into my Fedora 12 system. > > > > I am now low on disk space. > > > > [root at 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 at kernelnewbies.org > 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Low on disk space after compiling new kernel. 2010-12-20 14:04 ` Dexter Haslem @ 2010-12-21 4:30 ` Rishi Agrawal 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Rishi Agrawal @ 2010-12-21 4:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Dexter Haslem <dexter.haslem@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 at gmail.com <mailto:mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Rishi.... >> >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:48, Rishi Agrawal >> <rishi.b.agrawal at gmail.com <mailto:rishi.b.agrawal@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I installed the kernel 2.6.36 into my Fedora 12 system. >> > >> > I am now low on disk space. >> > >> > [root at 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 at kernelnewbies.org >> 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 > yes I have some debugging options set. The current usage (after make clean and modules_prepare ) is around 867M. Thanks a lot... -- Regards, Rishi Agrawal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20101221/9b6abcb7/attachment.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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