/boot/System.map-*

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Regarding the various System.map-* files that you may see in your /boot/ directory, here is a post that very clearly explains what they are and why they may be useful, answering the following two questions:
What Is The Kernel Symbol Table?
What Is The System.map File?
http://www.dirac.org/linux/system.map/

Simply delete the System.map files corresponding to past kernels that you do not use anymore, keep the other ones.

Other resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System.map
https://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/System.map