[NTLUG:Discuss] Kernel

[Patrick Parks]

Cool, thanks for the reply.

> the System.map file is not generally used for much either. I 'think' 
> that his is used for debugging. You need it if you debug something. 
> When you do a compile yourself, a System.map file is created. I 
> copy this to my /boot directory and add a -x.x.x. version number to it

do you soft link this also? ln -s System.map System.map-x.x.x?

I have seen some references to recompiling the Kernel using RPM, is this
recommended, and what is the difference in doing it this way vs   the
old way?
 
Thanks again, I feel a little better :)