Sorry about filing this here, but the Documentation component says it's not for the wiki, and it's obviously not possible for me to edit the handbook text itself. When the installation handbook gives instructions on compiling a kernel, it should probably mention that the genkernel alternative path needs a lot of space to do its compilation and that the space isn't automatically freed afterwards. I was walking a friend through installing Gentoo on a VM, and recommended genkernel as the best method for starting out. Turns out that the compilation takes up about 6GB of space in /usr/src/linux , and although they had given the VM enough space for it to complete, I needed to tell them to 'make clean' the compiled genkernel sourced to get enough space back to continue the installation. I'd suggest editing: > Now, compile the kernel sources by running genkernel all. Be aware though, as genkernel compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, this compilation will take quite a while to finish! To: > Now, compile the kernel sources by running genkernel all. Be aware though, as genkernel compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, this compilation will take quite a while to finish, and use several times more space than a regular compile - it can easily use up 6GB of space in total, which is not automatically cleaned afterwards!
I'm so sorry, I should have wrapped the quotes there. Let me try that again. I'd suggested editing: > Now, compile the kernel sources by running genkernel all. Be aware though, > as genkernel compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, this > compilation will take quite a while to finish! to: > Now, compile the kernel sources by running genkernel all. Be aware though, > as genkernel compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, this > compilation will take quite a while to finish, and use several times more > space than a regular compile - it can easily use up 6GB of space in total, > which is not automatically cleaned afterwards!
The best place to discuss wiki content changes, including the Handbook, is on the Discussion link listed on every page. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook_Talk:AMD64/Installation/Kernel for example
Thank you!
