Re: loading modules automatically in Fedora Core 2; startup commands

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On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, David L Norris wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 14:57 -0400, Peter Djalaliev wrote:
> > I have installed ndiswrapper
> >...
> > How can I make this module to load automatically at
> > startup?  In general, how do I edit the list of modules loaded
> > automatically at startup?
>
> You can add the command to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.  You may also want to
> read "man modprobe.conf"

modprobe.conf is for autoloading modules.  rc.local happens at the very
end of the boot sequence, so startup daemons that depend on modules that
need to be manually loaded will fail.

/etc/rc.modules is executed early in the startup, so that's the place to
load modules manually.

>[...]
>
> > Something like the commands in autoexec.bat under Windows.
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local is executed at the end of init just before login.
> You can run non-interactive commands from rc.local.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs



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