Re: proc entry for actual kernel filename

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:16:43 +1000

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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:59:40 -0400,
Mike Bennett <mbennett@cfcc.cc.fl.us> wrote:
>I can get the
>kernel version from several places, but nowhere can I find the actual
>kernel filename that was booted.

/proc/cmdline gives you the lilo label (BOOT_IMAGE). You can scan
lilo.conf to get the filename. Remember that at boot time there is no
concept of a file, lilo picks up the filename when you build a new
configuration and stores physical block numbers for the "file" to boot.

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