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From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system boot
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:11:37
Message-Id: 200602261802.07756.bss03@volumehost.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] system boot by Pete
1 On Sunday 26 February 2006 17:51, "Pete" <pi2list@×××××××.com> wrote about
2 '[gentoo-user] system boot':
3 > This is what I don't understand
4 >
5 > ------------------
6 >
7 > yababa root # ls -l /boot/
8 > total 1272
9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483904 Feb 26 04:56
10 > System.map-2.4.19r10AR lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 12
11 > 2003 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814688 Feb 26 04:40
12 > bzImageAR yababa root #
13 >
14 > ---------------------
15 >
16 > boot points to itself.
17
18 That's pretty standard. From my system:
19
20 # mount /boot
21 # ls /boot/boot -l
22 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 30 10:46 /boot/boot -> .
23 # umount /boot
24 # ls /boot -l
25 total 0
26 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 6 2005 boot -> .
27 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 31 09:29 grub
28
29 Not really sure why that grub directory is in there...
30
31 > Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and
32 > bzImageAR, there was nothing in there.
33 >
34 > How does the system boot? ? ?
35
36 Could boot be on a separate partition? Check /etc/fstab.
37
38 --
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40 it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest
41 clue what's best for them in terms of package stability."
42 -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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