|> So the question is: |> Is the map file that is mentioned in lilo.conf not the same file |> as the Syetm.map file, and am I supposed to place the System.map |> file in a special location without lilo's knowledge?
These are different files with different functions. The /boot/map file is a file maintained by lilo which contains the name and location of the kernel(s) that are available on your systen. If you run lilo -q it will list the names it finds there (the names you have defined in /etc/lilo.conf). System.map is used by some programs to find things that they need. It plays no paricular role (as far as I know) in the boot process. The standard procedure is to make a symlink between /System.map and /boot/System.map-x.y.z (assuming that you're using the x.y.z kernel). If you have more than one kernel on the system, you're supposed to have a System.map-x.y.z file in /boot for each kernel x.y.z that you want to be able to boot. Jim
