What is /boot/kernel/*.symbols?

[Ian J Hart]

Quoting "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen at punkt.de>:

> Hi!
>
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 05:05:08PM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote:
>> E.g. the debug stuff is put into the .symbols files.  The kernel itself
>> still contains the function and data names, though:
>
> Understood. Thanks. No, I don't want the kernel to be void
> of any information ;-)
>
> Kind regards,
> Patrick
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I just had an installworld fail due to this (/rescue).

Given that many people will have chosen the default root size offered  
by sysinstall a different build default would seem prudent.

In any case sysinstall needs to be updated (1GB?). Let's not put off  
new users anymore than we have to.


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ian j hart

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