Re: psdatabase file in /boot
Dale Miller <dale@csd.uwo.ca> wrote:
> What is the psdatabase file in /boot for? I
> accidentily erased it tonight and was
> wondering if this will cause my kernel not
> to boot? If I need it where could I find a
> or make a new copy of this file from??
psdatabase is responsible for the WCHAN column of the output of "ps
-l", so your system will boot. Without psdatabase, you will get
numbers in this column instead of routine names. If you have compiled
your own kernel, then "psupdate /usr/src/linux/vmlinux" should work
(if /usr/src/linux/vmlinux still exists). I guess the distributed
version is on the boot disk. Hope this is useful.
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