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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.