[lug] System.map

[Rob Riggs]

Lynn Danielson wrote:
> 
> Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> >
> > Also, if you build a new kernel for whatever reason, then the one
> > in /usr/src/linux is not correct.  I always as a matter of course
> > copy System.map to /boot/System.map-<version>
> 
> Rob Riggs wrote
> > I always copy my System.map to a version specific file-name and
> > make a symlink. Currently my /boot/System.map looks like this:
> >
> > System.map -> ./System.map-2.2.13pre17+raid+ipsec
> 
> I want be able to boot various versions of Linux on my machine
> using different kernel versions.  I had hoped to simply put the
> various kernels into a boot partition and let lilo take care of
> the rest.  But from what you guys are saying, I should use a
> separate boot partition for kernel version I plan to use, since
> there can be only one System.map file in a /boot filesystem?

I would suggest keeping one boot partition and using an rc script
make a link to the appropriate System.map file:

smap=/boot/System.map-`uname -r`
if [ -f $smap ]; then
	ln -sf $smap /boot/System.map
fi


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Rob Riggs
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