On Sunday 26 February 2006 17:51, "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] system boot': > This is what I don't understand > > ------------------ > > yababa root # ls -l /boot/ > total 1272 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483904 Feb 26 04:56 > System.map-2.4.19r10AR lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 12 > 2003 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814688 Feb 26 04:40 > bzImageAR yababa root # > > --------------------- > > boot points to itself.
That's pretty standard. From my system: # mount /boot # ls /boot/boot -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 30 10:46 /boot/boot -> . # umount /boot # ls /boot -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 6 2005 boot -> . drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 31 09:29 grub Not really sure why that grub directory is in there... > Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and > bzImageAR, there was nothing in there. > > How does the system boot? ? ? Could boot be on a separate partition? Check /etc/fstab. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh -- [email protected] mailing list
