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8.3.3. Contents of Linux
Installed files: config-5.2.8, vmlinuz-5.2.8-lfs-9.0, and System.map-5.2.8
Installed directories: /lib/modules, /usr/share/doc/linux-5.2.8
Short Descriptions
config-5.2.8 Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel
vmlinuz-5.2.8-lfs-9.0 The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer, the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded. It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware, then makes these components available as a tree of files to the software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time
System.map-5.2.8 A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and addresses of all the functions and data structures in the kernel