----- Original Message ----- From: Jason To: Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 9:12 PM Subject: Re: rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrredhat > Brian Cluff wrote: > > > > You have to get the kernel sources to get the source code, if you just get > > the kernel RPM thats all you get is a binary. Thats really the way that you > > want it, because the source code for the kernel is around 112 megs right > > now, and if you just want a working system for a firwall or something like > > that, you might only have 100 megs worth of space on your storage medium for > > the whole system. > > is the current kernel that big BEFORE compiling??? I just did a du -sc > * in /usr/src and noticed the following: > > 66440 linux-2.2.14 > 74866 linux-2.2.16 > > > This is AFTER I have compiled these, and then proceeded to NOT do a > "make clean". 2.2.16 is only 74MB even with all the .o files... > without the .o output, and after gzip, the kernels are a much smaller > and easier to download size: > > 15918652 Jan 10 2000 linux-2.2.14.tar.gz > 17106471 Jul 29 10:46 linux-2.2.16.tar.gz > > 17 megs.. seems almost svelte compared to 74 or 112... > > -- > jkenner@mindspring.com __ > I Support Linux: _> _ _ |_ _ _ _| > Working Together To <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_| > To Build A Better Future. | > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss