Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: system.map | Date | 8 Mar 2002 16:21:41 -0800 |
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Followup to: <WHITEAiPyTxQplr0tEj00000aaa@white.pocketinet.com> By author: Nicholas Knight <nknight@pocketinet.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > For what reasons? I see no valid reason for it being the "Wrong" thing > to do. I wouldn't even call it QUESTIONABLE. Nor is it simply a > "holdover". There are still systems in use whos BIOS simply *does not > support* booting past the 1024th cyl. > > 1. Putting stuff in /boot is generaly the "standard" thing to do, > generaly won't cause confusion among experienced users, and will make > sense to new users; /lib/modules/* will make no sense whatsoever. >
Now, you're on a system on which /boot is actually a flash ROM (yes, such systems exist) or for other reasons very small.
Gunk in /boot is not appreciated.
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