[NTLUG:Discuss] Kernel

[Patrick Parks]

ok, here it is:
Red Hat 8.0
Kernel 2.4.20
Sony Vaio Laptop
Boot Loader GRUB

Below is the contents of my /boot dir. my question is this, When I
update the kernel through Red Hat up2date, it creates the
System.map-2.4.xx, config-2.4.xx, initrd-2.4.xx, vmlinuz-2.4.xx,
module-info-2.4.xx files. When I recompile the kernel myself, it does
none of this. Should I do something about this? Why does the kernel I
compile still work without these?

[pparks at vaio boot]$ ls
boot.b                    kernel.h                  
System.map-2.4.18-26.8.0
bzImage                   lost+found                
System.map-2.4.18-27.8.0
chain.b                   message                    System.map-2.4.20
config-2.4.18-14          message.ja                 vmlinux-2.4.18-14
config-2.4.18-26.8.0      module-info               
vmlinux-2.4.18-26.8.0
config-2.4.18-27.8.0      module-info-2.4.18-14     
vmlinux-2.4.18-27.8.0
grub                      module-info-2.4.18-26.8.0  vmlinux-2.4.20
initrd-2.4.18-14.img      module-info-2.4.18-27.8.0  vmlinuz
initrd-2.4.18-26.8.0.img  os2_d.b                    vmlinuz-2.4.18-14
initrd-2.4.18-27.8.0.img  System.map                
vmlinuz-2.4.18-26.8.0
initrd-2.4.20.img         System.map-2.4.18-14      
vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.8.0
[pparks at vaio boot]$ ls
boot.b                    kernel.h                  
System.map-2.4.18-26.8.0
bzImage                   lost+found                
System.map-2.4.18-27.8.0
chain.b                   message                    System.map-2.4.20
config-2.4.18-14          message.ja                 vmlinux-2.4.18-14
config-2.4.18-26.8.0      module-info               
vmlinux-2.4.18-26.8.0
config-2.4.18-27.8.0      module-info-2.4.18-14     
vmlinux-2.4.18-27.8.0
grub                      module-info-2.4.18-26.8.0  vmlinux-2.4.20
initrd-2.4.18-14.img      module-info-2.4.18-27.8.0  vmlinuz
initrd-2.4.18-26.8.0.img  os2_d.b                    vmlinuz-2.4.18-14
initrd-2.4.18-27.8.0.img  System.map                
vmlinuz-2.4.18-26.8.0
initrd-2.4.20.img         System.map-2.4.18-14      
vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.8.0