Thanks Eric, I'll try that.
Ben On Monday 07 April 2003 09:18 pm, you wrote: > Firstly, as far as I know, these only really matter for compiling kernel > dependent sources. So you could so just as well to remove them all if > you don't compile anything. But to be safe, its always nice to have > some kernel headers. So go ahead and get rid of 2.2, then link linux to > linux-2.4. Its becomes a crazy chain link, but it makes it easier if > say you upgrade to 2.4.30 or something in the future. Of course, the > most sensible way to do it is to move linux-2.2 somewhere weird like > /root, then use the computer for a week and make sure nothing goes > wrong. Then get rid of it entirely. Also, you can probably cd into > both of those dirs and do a gmake clean;. That'll get rid of a lot of > .o files that you probably don't need. You should be able to torch any > files (not directories) under readhat. There are no libraries in the > linux kernel directories, only header files. So once something is > compiled and runable, it should theoretically not have any dependence on > those anymore. But just to be safe, move 2.2, wait a while, then delete > it. > > -Eric Hattemer > > Ben Beeson wrote: > >Aloha, > > > > I need to free up some space on my hard drive and I thought /usr/src > > might be a good place to start as it appears I have several versions of > > old kernel sources stored there. I need some advice on what is safe to > > delete without screwing up the system references to libraries etc. > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau