From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263375AbTLDSKG (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:10:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263389AbTLDSKF (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:10:05 -0500 Received: from ns1.skjellin.no ([80.239.42.66]:57827 "HELO mail.skjellin.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263375AbTLDSKC (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:10:02 -0500 Subject: Re: lilo and system maps? From: Andre Tomt To: "Robert L. Harris" Cc: Linux-Kernel In-Reply-To: <20031204175311.GF16568@rdlg.net> References: <20031204175311.GF16568@rdlg.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070561388.15415.233.camel@slurv.pasop.tomt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:09:48 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 18:53, Robert L. Harris wrote: > I'm messing around on one of my dev machines which has 4 possible > kernels installed. 2.4, 2.4-stable, 2.6, 2.6-stable (stable is the last > known good kernel). I currently have my System.map files laid out as: > > /boot/System.map-2.6.0-test11-bk2 > /boot/System.map-2.6.0-test10-bk4 > etc. ^^^ > This way when I install a new kernel I can copy the System.map to > /boot/System.map-2.6 instead of keeping up with all the version numbers? > lilo doesn't seem to like the map= arguements. Does the kernel need the > System.map in a single place, can it figure out where it's at for a > multiple config? Just stick with the System.map-$(uname -r) variant and it will just work automaticly. map= in lilo is not for System.map's.