[ale] hmm, some ?'s

[Nick Lucent]

On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 12:44:15PM -0400, Tri shook his keyboard and out fell:
> 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
> 
You can also run make zlilo which will automatically copy the kernel and run
lilo.
I think System.map is what holds all the symbol tables for modules, if you
delete it you just wont be able to load modules. boot.b is your bootsector i
think. No idea what the others are
Nick
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