where does the NIC driver locate in the system

[Matthew Nicholson]

Well,
yes and no:

Yes, if you plan on never, ever booting into an old version of the
kernel. Also, be absolutely sure which kernel version your running, as
to avoid removing its modules. 

No if you want to be safe, just in case something gets broken/goes
wrong, and you need to go back to and old kernel, even if only to
recover/fix something. 

My opinion: Unless you are critically low on space (and doing and
apt-get clean/clearing out /var/cache/apt/archives wasn't enough) leave
the modules as they are. 

matt
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 10:36 -0400, Qiuli Han wrote:
> thanks folks
> think i'd better not touch those modules
> but after some system updating, i am a few directories named the
> kernel number in my
> /lib/modules/
> is it safe if i delete the old ones ( the ones i am not using)?
> 
> Qiuli
> 
> On 9/19/06, Lothar Braun <mail at lobraun.de> wrote:
> > Hi Qiuli,
> >
> > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 16:15, Qiuli Han wrote:
> > > after the installation of my system, my NIC is ready to work
> > > but i am wondering where does the system store the driver?
> > > and if it is huge file which contain all the other un-used drivers,
> > > can i delete it (like driver.cab in windows)?
> >
> > All your drivers are stored in directories under
> >
> > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/
> >
> > Most of the drivers are under /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/. But i would
> > advice you to not delete them (unless you really know what you are doing).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lothar
> >
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