Re: LILO problems with new HD

[Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de>]

* Jon Keating <jonkeating@norcom2000.com> writes:

> with that.  Can a system boot up without a map file?  It seems like it can.

Yes, you experienced it :-)

> But like your problem, I always thought you needed the map file.  I know my

Only if you want more informative error messages in case of a kernel
crash. W/o the map file, it´ll give you only a few addresses.

Look for System.map in <kernel-source>/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
for more information.

Cheers,
  Colin

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Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de>