On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Jim Nutt wrote: > > Ok, anybody have some ideas on how I can keep the serial and parallel > port driver modules from loading on bootup? I'm not using either and I'd > rather not load anything I can avoid loading (I'm trying to strip my > kernel to the bare minimum). This is on a toshiba satellite 490XCDT. > if the modules are automagically loading then you will want to alter /etc/modules to stop loading them on bootup. If its because the ports are being probed on boot up then you have to find out wants being probed (infra-red is typical for the serial module) as for the parallel port its likely to be some parallel-ide driver thing. Thats just my guess.
When you say strip the kernel, do you mean you haven't recompiled yourself a kernel by hand? Alex
