System Map

[Benjamin Gall]

Wouldn't it be easier just to compile the kernel on the other machine,
.zip it, .tgz it, or .tar.gz it back up.
And then copy it over to the old machine, extract it then do your make
installs?  Just a thought...

ben

"Duston, Hal" wrote:

> Gene,
>
> Yes, just make _absolutely_ sure you start from a
> clean/empty tree using "make mrproper".  Then make
> sure you have the correct configuration selected.  The
> System.map is a companion to the bzImage and the modules,
> although I am not sure that anything you would be doing
> would need it.  If you are building the same version of
> kernel that is running on the machine you are using to
> build, you can mv the /lib/modules/<version> dir out
> of the way, and go ahead and do make modules_install.
> Then you can just .tgz up that tree, move _it_ out of
> the way, and mv the original one back.  I have used this
> technique to build multiple kernels, and trees on one
> machine before.
>
> Hal Duston
> hald at sound.net
>
> Gene Dascher [gedascher at multiservice.com] wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me concisely what the System.map file does?
> > I want to compile a new kernel for my gateway, but I don't
> > have enough disk space, and it's a 486 (kernel compile takes
> > a LONG time).  Can I compile the kernel and associated modules
> > on one machine and then transfer the new bzImage and modules
> > to the other machine?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gene Dascher
>