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Format of /boot./map file?

Hello all,

Boot-loader , which doesnt recognize file system , Say LiLo - uses /boot/map file to load and read the image.

Could anybody please tell me that what is the format of this /boot/map file i.e. is it ASCII , BIN , or something else?

Reply from you will be more than welcome..
Thank you in Advance..

Regards

Hello can I ask what filesystem you're using?

I be interested about Lilo`s file format (".map") too.
Can anybody help?

From the lilo man page:

Quote:

-q List the currently mapped files. lilo maintains a file, by default /boot/map, containing the name and location of the kernel(s) to
boot. This option will list the names therein. Use with -v for more detailed information about the installed boot loader.

Since the lilo bootloader isn't smart enough to read ascii files, boot.map presumably contains binary data specific to lilo. As for the actual format, you could read the lilo src. If you want to know what's in the file, then hexdump it.

What difference does it make anyway? lilo maintains it automatically, you can't do anything with the file.

Besides, why haven't you upgraded to grub yet? :)