I believe the /boot/map file is a binary file describing where the pieces of the kernel file are located on the disk.
`man lilo.conf` says...
compact
Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors
into a single read request. This drastically
reduces load time and keeps the map smaller. Using
`compact' is especially recommended when booting
from a floppy disk.
map=map-file
Specifies the location of the map file. If `map' is
omitted, the file /boot/map is used.
You can use `od -c /boot/map | less` to get an idea of what it contains
(or try `od -s3 /boot/map`)
At 11:45 AM 3/30/2000 , Wandered Inn mumbled...
>I want to make sure that we are talking about the same thing though.
>This file (System.map) is an ASCII file. There is a 'map' file under
>the boot directory that is data. I'm not sure how this one gets there,
>maybe when you reboot? I guess I can reboot and figure it out.
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