On March 6, 2017 12:43:50 AM GMT+01:00, Marc Joliet <mar...@gmx.de> wrote: >On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >[...] >> > Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? >> > I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. >[...] >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. > >FTR: were this GRUB *2*, I'd say I'm pretty sure it doesn't, based on >the fact >that "System.map" doesn't show up in the GRUB info manual (which >mentions >"device map" files, which the System.map file is not) and the fact that >I >stopped installing it into /boot/, so I know that my systems boot >without it. >I don't know about the old GRUB, though, but I strongly suspect it >doesn't use >it, either. > >Quite frankly, I don't know how it would be useful for booting (it >looks >somewhat like objdump output). A quick "ag System.map" in the kernel >sources >leads me to believe that it is solely a debugging aid. > >[snip other stuff] > >Greetings
With grub legacy and grub2 I never bothered with the System.map file. I only copied the kernel image and, when used, the initramfs... -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
