30 Aug
2000
30 Aug
'00
20:00
Sander van Vugt wrote:
Hi,
I'dd like to know what the following files in the directory /boot are about. Can anyone give me a clue or point me to some documentation?
probably the lilo manpage? YES! ;-)
- boot.b
man lilo ;-)
- chain.b
no clue ;-(
- map
On bootup, the disk is only known as a series of blocks. Map contains the serie of raw data blocks that from the kernel (all kernels in lilo.conf) that is *just* to be loaded to the memory. A sort of "File Allocation Table" for the bootfiles before there is a known file system (the bootsector stuff points to it's location and size). Main reason why we need to run "lilo" after installing / changing a new kernel, since the position on the disk will varie.
- System.map-2.2.14
Juergen
- chos.*
Thanks in advance,
Sander
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