On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Phil R Lawrence wrote: > The Mandrake 8.2 docs say I need fresh copies of /boot/System.map and > /boot/vmlinuz after completing my custom kernel and module compilation.
An incorrect System.map may give errors on boot. It *probably* (!?) won't cause a boot failure though. > > But what about these files? > /boot/config should I point this to a copy of the .config file I used for this > new kernel? Not doing so won't cause problems. > > /boot/initrd.img under what circumstances would I *not* need to mkinitrd for my > new kernel? > If you have your filesystem drivers built statically into the kernel (i.e., SCSI, IDE, ext3, reiserfs) then you generally do not need an initrd image. I generally opt *not* to use one. > /boot/kernel.h do I need a copy of my new one, from > /usr/src/linux/include/config/boot? > This is recreated on boot via the /etc/rc.d/init.d/kheader script. > any others? > > which of the above files affect LILO, such that I would need to rerun it? If your kernel image changes you'll need to rerun lilo (vmlinux, bzImage). The others shouldn't make a difference. Of course, if you change your kernel image you'll need to regen your initrd. > > If any of the above is necessary, why wasn't it mentioned in the docs? > Which docs were you referring to?
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