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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 21 May 1999 15:40
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: System.map
>
> Apples and cabbages. /boot/map is where lilo keeps its map file of ALL
> the kernel images it wants to be able to boot. You can, as you have
> seen, tell lilo to put it somewhere else with the map= entry in
> lilo.conf. It is generated by /sbin/lilo and is completely unrelated to
> System.map, which is used mainly for kernel debugging. If you need to
> have an oops interpreted, make sure the System.map for the kernel that
> oopses is in /boot/System.map. I don't think anybody has bothered to
> automate that, though, as very few of us get oopses.
>
> From the above: can I assume that it is safe to 'rm /boot/System.map' once
> I have recompiled a new kernel? Better yet: can I assume that the
> "average" Linux user can rm this file without any drastic consequences?
>
> --
> Maurice Hendrix
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