[ale] hmm, some ?'s

[Dunlap, Randy]

boot.0302:
  copy of the original boot sector from device with
  major=03, minor=02 (/dev/hda2); file created by lilo;
  lilo only creates this file on its first install;
  that is, it won't keep creating/overwriting it;
  this file can be used to restore the original
  boot sector of /dev/hda2 (use "dd" program).

System.map:
  linker output file of kernel symbols.
  Should be copied from /usr/src/linux/System.map
  after every build (not absolutele necessary, but
  you will get warning messages if the System.map
  file (or soft link) does not match the loading
  kernel.  Not having the correct file here can
  prevent kernel oops or module debugging.

others:
  Don't know.  I'll wait to see other answers.

~Randy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tri [mailto:merlintm at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 9:44 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] hmm, some ?'s
> 
> 
> I was wondering what these files do. I find them in my /boot 
> directory:
> boot.b
> boot.0302
> System.map
> map
> chain.b
> os2_d.b
> 
> also I recompile my kernel like this.
> make mrproper
> "Here I run xconfig and configure the kernel"
> make dep
> make zImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> cp arch/i386/boot zImage /boot/vmlinuz-"kernelversion"
> "then I edit my lilo.conf"
> lilo
> reboot
> 
> I've been using this procedure for a while and it has always 
> worked, but
> since I'm not an expert I was wondering If i'm missing something. Of
> course this is just curiosity. 
> 
> Tri
>