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Re: [SLE] /var/log/boot.msg
  • From: David McMillan <skyefire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:11:43 -0400
  • Message-id: <42B97FAF.4000200@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Donn Washburn wrote:
From the latest SuSE Online update of the kernel.
Check in /var/log/boot.msg <- It is the first 4 lines

Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.11.4-21.7
Loaded 27512 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.11.4-21.7.
Symbols match kernel version 2.6.11. <- NOTE
No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.

Another reason to download and compile your own.

So, for we amateurs in the audience who barely know a kernel from a colonel, is there a moderately detailed, fairly concise tutorial around anywhere explaining the why, the when, and the how behind this particular part of linux use? And, most importantly, how to survive if/when something goes wrong?


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