[ale] Kernel-rebuild loose ends

Dunlap, Randy randy.dunlap at intel.com
Fri Jun 9 11:02:47 EDT 2000


> I found '/usr/src/linux-<version>/System.map', copied it to
> '/boot/System.map-<version>', and soft-linked that to 
> '/boot/System.map'.
> I now get clean boots on that kernel version, but I don't 
> know how to tell
> Lilo to select 'System.map-<version>' based on the kernel version I am
> booting. I suppose this is a 'lilo.conf' arg, but I don't find it.

I've read that lilo knows how to do this, but can't say that
I'm sure of that.

> I tried 'insmod' on one of my modules, and failed to find the external
> entries it needed (e.e., 'print_msg'). I must need to provide more
> dependency or entry information somehow, and 'insmod' didn't 
> know where to
> get it. I would rather fix this than go back and make a non-modular
> kernel.
> 
> The origin of the binary file '/boot/map' also remains a mystery.

man lilo
tells me that lilo creates/maintains this file.

~Randy
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