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joomy
Using Delft usb live.

Does anyone know if it is safe to delete any of these modules to save some precious ram.
Can I delete the one`s with a "Used by" 0 as seen below?
thanks very much

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Module                  Size  Used by
iptable_raw             2368  0
xt_policy               4224  2
xt_multiport            3776  4
ipt_ULOG                7044  0
ipt_TTL                 2624  0
ipt_ttl                 2336  0
ipt_TOS                 2560  0
ipt_tos                 2144  0
ipt_TCPMSS              4160  0
ipt_set                 2880  0
ipt_SAME                2848  0
ipt_REJECT              5024  4
ipt_REDIRECT            2720  0
ipt_recent             10028  0
ipt_owner               2432  0
ipt_NETMAP              2624  0
ipt_MASQUERADE          3808  0
ipt_LOG                 7072  10
ipt_iprange             2336  0
ipt_hashlimit           7976  0
ipt_ECN                 3296  0
ipt_ecn                 2624  0
ipt_DSCP                2560  0
ipt_dscp                2176  0
ipt_CLUSTERIP           7460  0
ipt_ah                  2368  0
ipt_addrtype            2304  0
ip_set_portmap          4800  0
ip_set_macipmap         4740  0
ip_set_ipmap            4768  0
ip_set_iphash           7780  0
ip_set                 18972  9 ipt_set,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash
ip_nat_tftp             2144  0
ip_nat_snmp_basic       9604  0
ip_nat_sip              4064  0
ip_nat_pptp             5444  0
ip_nat_irc              2784  0
ip_nat_h323             6304  0
ip_nat_ftp              3520  0
ip_nat_amanda           2464  0
ip_conntrack_tftp       3960  1 ip_nat_tftp
ip_conntrack_sip        6704  1 ip_nat_sip
ip_conntrack_pptp       9968  1 ip_nat_pptp
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     3008  0
ip_conntrack_irc        5840  1 ip_nat_irc
ip_conntrack_h323      45820  1 ip_nat_h323
ip_conntrack_ftp        6800  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_amanda     4072  1 ip_nat_amanda
xt_tcpmss               2688  0
xt_pkttype              2368  4
xt_physdev              2896  0
xt_NFQUEUE              2528  0
xt_MARK                 2848  0
xt_mark                 2400  0
xt_mac                  2432  0
xt_limit                2944  0
xt_length               2496  0
xt_helper               2720  0
xt_dccp                 3652  0
xt_conntrack            2848  0
xt_CONNMARK             2784  0
xt_connmark             2496  0
xt_CLASSIFY             2368  0
xt_tcpudp               3648  11
xt_state                2560  6
iptable_nat             7492  0
ip_nat                 15468  12 ipt_SAME,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_sip,ip_nat_pp
tp,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_h323,ip_nat_ftp,ip_nat_amanda,iptable_nat
ip_conntrack           48160  24 ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_snmp_basic,ip_nat_sip,ip_nat_pptp,ip_nat_irc,i
p_nat_h323,ip_nat_ftp,ip_nat_amanda,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_sip,ip_conntra
ck_pptp,ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_conntrack_h323,ip_conntrack_
ftp,ip_conntrack_amanda,xt_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_state,
iptable_nat,ip_nat
iptable_mangle          2976  1
nfnetlink               5752  2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
iptable_filter          3104  1
ip_tables              12580  4 iptable_raw,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables               11940  45 xt_policy,xt_multiport,ipt_ULOG,ipt_TTL,ipt_ttl,ipt_TOS,ipt_tos,ipt_TCPMSS,ipt_s
et,ipt_SAME,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_recent,ipt_owner,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERAD
E,ipt_LOG,ipt_iprange,ipt_hashlimit,ipt_ECN,ipt_ecn,ipt_DSCP,ipt_dscp,ipt_CLUSTER
IP,ipt_ah,ipt_addrtype,xt_tcpmss,xt_pkttype,xt_physdev,xt_NFQUEUE,xt_MARK,xt_mar
k,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_length,xt_helper,xt_dccp,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmar
k,xt_CLASSIFY,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
8139too                22688  0
mii                     5568  1 8139too
af_packet              17768  2
ipv6                  237088  10
binfmt_misc             9704  1
ide_generic             1824  0 [permanent]
cpufreq_ondemand        6956  0
cpufreq_conservative     6920  0
cpufreq_powersave       2272  0
freq_table              4704  0
processor              21256  0
usbmouse                5024  0
evdev                   8672  0
tsdev                   6880  0
usbkbd                  6464  0
usbhid                 50272  0
dm_mirror              18960  0
dm_mod                 49560  1 dm_mirror
unionfs               300776  1
squashfs               43044  1
ide_cs                  8896  0
yenta_socket           24076  0
rsrc_nonstatic         11616  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia                 31756  1 ide_cs
pcmcia_core            34388  4 ide_cs,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,pcmcia
3w_xxxx                24960  0
sx8                    16172  0
tmscsim                21120  0
sata_vsc                6468  0
sata_via                6500  0
sata_uli                5348  0
sata_sx4               11972  0
sata_svw                6180  0
sata_sis                7204  0
sata_sil                7624  0
sata_qstor              7908  0
sata_promise            9604  0
sata_nv                 7812  0
BusLogic               69716  0
aic7xxx               176276  0
ahci                   16100  0
usb_storage            88612  1
ehci_hcd               28904  0
ohci_hcd               18820  0
uhci_hcd               20912  0
usbcore               112960  8 usbmouse,usbkbd,usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd
mptbase                47168  0
scsi_transport_spi     22368  1 aic7xxx
sd_mod                 18432  2
sg                     30584  0
ata_piix               10884  0
libata                 60748  12 sata_vsc,sata_via,sata_uli,sata_sx4,sata_svw,sata_sis,sata_sil,sata_qstor,sata_p
romise,sata_nv,ahci,ata_piix
sr_mod                 15332  0
scsi_mod              118824  11 3w_xxxx,tmscsim,BusLogic,aic7xxx,ahci,usb_storage,scsi_transport_spi,sd_mod,sg,l
ibata,sr_mod
loop                   15208  4
ide_cd                 35616  0
isofs                  32284  0
nls_utf8                2496  0
ntfs                  267228  0
vfat                   10944  1
msdos                   8480  0
fat                    47356  2 vfat,msdos
reiserfs              255492  0
ext3                  125928  0
jbd                    51220  1 ext3
nls_cp437               6304  1
nls_iso8859_2           5216  0
nls_iso8859_1           4672  1
Lexicon
Install kernel again....Lex
scarecrow
Simply blacklist the ones you don't need...
Recompliling your kernel with all modules you don't need left out is certainly doable, but not exactly trivial to achieve, especially on USB installation (where it's rather certain that the devel packages are missing).
joomy
thanks scarecrow, but recompiling kernel is a bit too advanced for me.
I`v tried

modprobe.conf

blacklist ntfs
blacklist reiserfs
blacklist tsdev
blacklist vboxdrv
blacklist l2cap
blacklist bluetooth
blacklist rfcomm
blacklist audio
blacklist snd-usb-audio

not sure if this is correct tho.
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