I have the tar and config file already made. So if I understand you
correctly; then I could essentially use make mrproper and then edit my
lilo config file to allow me to boot into the new image?
Im not really trying to get rid of my existing kernel I would just like
to test out my custom kernels with a known good backup. Actually since
i havent added anything to my existing cofiguration but only removed
modules; is there a way to use the existing modules made during my
initial install?

floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
> Faux_Pseudo <Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL> wrote:
>
>>> _.-In alt.os.linux.slackware, Old Man wrote the following -._
>>
>>>>> make mrproper will clean up the source tree.
>>
>>>
>>> And remove your .config. So if ye want to keep that move to
>>> someplace safe befor running make mrproper and then move it back.
>>>
>
>
> Besides, what point is there in running mrproper to rid the disk of
> files that are going to be exactly recreated? Other than perhaps a
> few modules being added or deleted from the list of what gets made,
> it's virtually the same every time. Hence if there isn't enough room
> on the disk, cleaning out files in the kernel source tree is not
> going to provide extra space for doing kernel compiles. That space
> will have to come from somewhere else. Of course, when all is said
> and done, saving just the gzipped tar file and the config is all that
> is needed, so the rest can be deleted to provide space for something
> else.
>
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