On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 02:28:28PM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 02:19:46PM -0500, Simeon Johnston wrote:
> >Is there a way to have a single System.map file and multiple kernels?  I
> >have a couple Kernel's I want to be able to boot into (Test kernels and
> >a couple Safe ones).  Each has different modules.  How do I point the
> >Kernel to the correct directory that hold's it's particulare modules?  I
> >tried compileing the modules with versioning and all the compatibility
> >stuff.... Didn't work.
> >Just wondering if there was a way to have different kernel's pointing to
> >there own special module directory.  Maybe some LILO parameters?  Would
> >GRUB do it?
> 
> I always copy my system.map into the same dir as my kernel like so and
> never have a problem.
> 
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.6
> /boot/System.map-2.4.6
> 
> You don't really need the system.map AFAIK, if I omit it entirely nothing
> seems to care. Only reason I copy it there is out of habit.

AFAIK it is only used when you decode an oops. If your kernel doesn't oops...

florin

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