Please explain links within /boot...

cgmd

After a recent upgrade to 2.6, I now have both my former 2.4 kernel as well as the new 2.6 kernel working, but with some kinks still in the new 2.6.

Looking over the /boot directory, I noticed 3 links related in some manner to the 2.4 kernel...

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject:

cgmd,

The links are just a convienence. If you use the linis to refer to the files they point to, you need not rememebr the version numbers.
System.map is a text file listing all the kernel functions and start addresses. Its only used for kernel debugging
config is the kernel configuration file, this is a backup copy and never normally used.
vmlinuz is the kernel file itself. By having grub point to vmlinuz and not to vmlinuz-2.4.26-gentoo-r9, you have no need to edit grub.conf when you install a later kernel. The link gets updated instead.
This removes a degree of control from you, since adding an extra boot block to grub.conf lets you choose kerenls at boot time.
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cgmd · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject:

[/b]NeddySeagoon...

Thanks...

That being the case, I assume I can remove those links with impunity?

Thanks, again...
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

cgmd,

You can remove the System.map and config links (amd the files they point to) but you need to check grub.conf to see if you can remove vmlinuz. What does the kernel line say for your 2.4 boot block ?
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NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

cgmd · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject:

NeddySeagoon...

My 2.4 grub entry is fairly clean...