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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:43:14 -0700
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel upgrading and linux symlink
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:40 PM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/31/2009 04:29 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel
>> installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with
>> a rename to whatever this kernel is. I don't do anything with the
>> other files - System.map and something else - which I don't even have
>> on most of my systems anymore. They don't seem to be needed...
>
> They're needed if you are trying to debug kernel crashes, but AFAIK
> not needed for anything else.
>

Thanks.

- Mark