nate wrote: >Lance Hoffmeyer said: > > >>During boot I keep getting the messages >> >>modprobe can't locate /dev/lp1 >>modprobe can't locate /dev/lp2 >> >>modprobe can't locate /dev/ide-tape >>modprobe can't locate /dev/hda4 >> >>... >> >>What do I need to change so that these warning disappear? >> >> > >if you really want to be sure those warnings never come up you >can recompile the kernel and disable the kernel's auto-module-loader >(I turn it off on all my systems). This will prevent the kernel >from trying to load drivers it "thinks" you need. also you can >check /etc/modules and comment out any modules your not using and >you could comment out the entries in /etc/modules.conf as well that >would help I think(make a backup copy of the file first). > >my systems I compile everything I can into the kernel(static) and >only use modules where I have no other choice(Nvidia, VMware), so >I tell the system to manually load them on boot(via /etc/modules) >and disable the kernel module loader since I know what modules I >want/need and don't want it trying to load other stuff. > > >nate > > > > > > If the kernel autoloader for modules is set to yes, and I compile IDE and IDE-SCSI as modules, will the autoloader load IDE or IDE-SCSI on boot. That is, if nothing is specified in /etc/modules.conf
I'm thinking I have to explicitly tell the kernel to use IDE-SCSI, correct? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
