> Hey guys...tried to compile my kernel(2.0.30) but when I boot my system
> with the kernel image (in a floppy) there was a infinite loop. After
> booting it again with LILO, found there was a core dump(/proc/kcore). The
> problem is I couldn't get rid of it even as root. Can't even change mode.
> The rest of the file in the directory is empty and can't get rid of any of
> them. I wonder if any of you guys know what's goin on? I'm quite baffled
> and don't know who to turn to.
> During compilation everything was alright and there was no error messages.
> Anyway thanks in advance to anybody who could give me a clue.
Please use less than 78 chars per line (sorry, just to obvious when trying
to reply).
/proc/kcore is not a core dump but the a pseudo file. It doesn't use any
real space (no file within /proc uses any disk space) and is a kind of image
of the memory of your computer. This is used to debug the kernel.
The /proc file system generally gives you access to info about the system.
Try to cat one of those 0 Byte files ... somehow they grow and shrink again
in an instance ;-)
^^^ Note this one
For more info about the proc fs, try `man 5 proc'.
Peter
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