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On March 6, 2017 12:43:50 AM GMT+01:00, Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de> wrote: |
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>On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: |
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>> thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>[...] |
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>> > Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? |
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>> > I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. |
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>[...] |
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>> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. |
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>FTR: were this GRUB *2*, I'd say I'm pretty sure it doesn't, based on |
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>the fact |
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>that "System.map" doesn't show up in the GRUB info manual (which |
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>mentions |
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>"device map" files, which the System.map file is not) and the fact that |
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>I |
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>stopped installing it into /boot/, so I know that my systems boot |
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>without it. |
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>I don't know about the old GRUB, though, but I strongly suspect it |
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>doesn't use |
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>it, either. |
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>Quite frankly, I don't know how it would be useful for booting (it |
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>looks |
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>somewhat like objdump output). A quick "ag System.map" in the kernel |
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>sources |
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>leads me to believe that it is solely a debugging aid. |
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> |
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>[snip other stuff] |
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> |
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>Greetings |
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With grub legacy and grub2 I never bothered with the System.map file. |
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I only copied the kernel image and, when used, the initramfs... |
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Joost |
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