Re: Boot Files

To: "Robert D. Hilliard" <hilliard@metrolink.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Boot Files
From: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@debian.org>
Date: 31 Mar 1997 00:34:56 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 87u3lt9fff.fsf@bora.winnegan.north.de>
In-reply-to: "Robert D. Hilliard"'s message of Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:33:04 -0500 (EST)
References: <[🔎] m0wBSDo-00011GC@bobspc>

"Robert D. Hilliard" <hilliard@metrolink.net> writes:

 > 
>      Is it necessary, or even useful, to have the System.map-x.x.xx
> file in the /boot directory if loadlin is used for booting?  

Yes, there are a lot of utilities referencing it - most notably ps.

>      Is there any need to have a kernel in / or /boot unless lilo is
> being used?

Don't know about this one, I'm using lilo and I don't care about < 700K for the
current and previous kernels.

Siggy
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