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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: system.map
Date: 8 Mar 2002 16:21:41 -0800
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By author:    Nicholas Knight <nknight@pocketinet.com>
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> 
> For what reasons? I see no valid reason for it being the "Wrong" thing 
> to do. I wouldn't even call it QUESTIONABLE. Nor is it simply a 
> "holdover". There are still systems in use whos BIOS simply *does not 
> support* booting past the 1024th cyl.
> 
> 1. Putting stuff in /boot is generaly the "standard" thing to do, 
> generaly won't cause confusion among experienced users, and will make 
> sense to new users; /lib/modules/* will make no sense whatsoever.
> 

Now, you're on a system on which /boot is actually a flash ROM (yes,
such systems exist) or for other reasons very small.

Gunk in /boot is not appreciated.

	-hpa
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