RE: System.map

Raiden (raiden@arrakis.es)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:15:43 +0100

At 10.56 16/6/99 -0400, Wes Morgan wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Markus Döhr wrote:
>
>> > robin48:~# ps
>> > Warning: /boot/System.map has an incorrect kernel version.
>> > PID TTY TIME CMD
>> > 97 ttyp0 00:00:00 bash
>> > 104 ttyp0 00:00:00 ps
>> > robin48:~#
>>
>> # cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.10
>> # rm /boot/System.map
>> # ln -s /boot/System.map-2.2.10 /boot/System.map
>
>I still think a better solution would be to store System.map in the
>/lib/modules/KVER heirarchy. It would be a much easier way to boot various
>kernels and be assured the correct map file (provided you install it in
>the first place -- make it part of "make zlilo" or whatever). Just my
>opinion of course.

I agree.

Have a dependence of distribution which ones put System.map and kernel
image on /
and others on /boot is not the best move for getting a good result at all.

Regards.

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