On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Patrick Goetz wrote:
>After installing RedHat 5.2, I found that the /boot directory contains all
>kinds of files in addition to vmlinuz:
>
>boot.b, chain.b, module-info, System.map, os2_d.d, etc.
>
>I'm having trouble determining what these things do, if anything (I
>suspect not much, as I just upgraded the kernel and didn't notice any
>problems); i.e. modules loaded, the system booted, etc.
>
>Anyway, can anyone direct me to some documentation explaining what these
>files are?

boot.b and chain.b are used by LILO. System.map is used by various utilities
(e.g. lsof). os2_d.d I have no idea. module-info is used by ksymoops, iirc.

Taral
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