On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:22:44AM -0600, Curran, Dominic wrote: > > I'm confused... > My modules.conf looks like this: modules.conf is used by the actual module loaders (insmod and modprobe). It does not cause loading of modules, but it controls how loading is done. > So does '/etc/init.d/modules' load the modules, while 'modules.conf' just > modifies the load behaviour ? Exactly. > I don't have a '/etc/init.d/modules' (I am running RH8.0). Does anyone know > what the equivalent is for Redhat ? On the RH 7.3 system I have here, /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit handles it. > I was under the impression that I could load a module from one of the > following scripts : > RedHat /etc/rc.local > Debian /etc/local > SuSe /etc/rc.config > > Is this incorrect/bad idea ? It's usually better to do it within the distro's framework, if possible. That way, when you upgrade, things might still continue working. If the distro does not support it, or you are in need of a quick and dirty hack, those file will probably do the trick. -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org http://syscalltrack.sf.net -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
