On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, David Karlin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:28:52AM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > 1. When using a network adapter whose driver is compiled as a module - > > where does this module get loaded? > > I currently added a simple modprobe line to /etc/init.d/networking , but > > there has to be a better way. On RedHat loading this module is done by the > > ifup script. > > Edit /etc/modules to include the name of the modules, and options; > i.e. "parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7"(make sure you add them in the order > they should to be loaded).Then run "update-modules" and a new > /etc/modules.conf will be created.
This gives the options to modprobe. But when is modprobe being run? > > 5. Single-user mode loads a whole bunch of stuff thatare not really > > needed. > > What is the recomended way to load "failsafe" defaults? Using a floppy? > > What is the stuff that you don't need?(I'm not an expert on this). For instance: networking. Many things can go wrong: A faulty module for the adapter, dhcpcd hangs a bit because it can't find a server, etc. I can alway load with init=/bin/sh, or from a floppy, but those are not aptimal choices. -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
