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i've been trying to compile a new kernel, and i notice that System.map and vmlinuz files keep ending up in the / directory. i'm also getting another vmlinuz in /boot that's newer. i delete them out of / each time, and each time they keep coming back. what is going on?
hmm, it's not a symlink, and it was never there before i started compiling. but i can delete it with no bad effects, so i'm not going to worry about it, thanks.
sure enough, this time the latest vmlinuz is in / ! (along with system.old and vmlinuz.old). each freaking time something's different.
i'm about ready to give up on compiling a kernel. i am pretty tenacious, but this one is a b*tch! i've been at it for days, and i'm still booting bare.i from the CD! though i've almost got it... one more time... d@mn! didn't work. okay, let me try....
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