Problem :
I am trying to build Linux kernel. I am getting out of space after a while. I unpacked it in /usr/src directory. It seems I have plenty of space. Can you please let me know what can be done about it. How much space does it need to compile & build kernel.
I am using VirtualBox.
root@vinay-VirtualBox:/usr/src/linux-2.6.39.3# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 6.9G 3.2G 3.4G 49% /
none 669M 640K 668M 1% /dev
none 675M 24K 675M 1% /dev/shm
none 675M 96K 675M 1% /var/run
none 675M 0 675M 0% /var/lock
/dev/sr0 39M 39M 0 100% /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.0.10_72479
Solution :
I added a virtual disk to it & mounted it to /usr/src . It took about
6.5 GB to compile & build Linux kernel 2.6.39.3
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Here are the statistics for a linux-3.19 compilation on ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS with no plus feature.
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