Deleting kernel source

anandt4u · 06-02-2005, 10:33 AM

Hi,
I have downloaded the kernel source and extracted it to a folder in the home directory and compiled it. I copied the image file to the boot directory and now everything seems to work fine for almost a week. Now i want to know whether i can delete the files that i used for compiling (i.e the files in my home directory)?? or are these files still used in the boot process??

thanks

harken · 06-02-2005, 10:44 AM

You may delete them safely. Once compiled, what matters is the bzImage file, the corresponding System.map (and the initrd if you need one) and the /lib/modules/version directory. Just make sure you keep the original archive (gz or bz2) in case you need to recompile the kernel sometimes.

anandt4u · 06-02-2005, 11:02 AM

thanks!!