Re: [gentoo-user] linux symlink?

[Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org>]

On Sunday 4 February 2007 13:45, Jorge Almeida wrote:

> I was under the impression that it is necessary to install Nvidia
> drivers. Is this correct? 

If the link is not in place, nvidia-drivers will not build.

> And what should be done with the System.map file? Copy it to /boot
> under which name? (I mean, when booting with a particular kernel, how
> does the kernel know the path to the correct System.map?)

There used to be a good system.map explanation here:

http://dirac.org/linux/system.map/

however, it seems to have some problem at the moment. The google cached 
copy works (just do a search for linux system.map, it's the first hit).

Sorry, cannot comment on whether the symlink should or should not be 
created, and it's been a lot since I built my last LFS. I have almost 
always used it, and never had any problem. IIRC the handbook's advice is 
to create the link. But, as always, YMMV.
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