I am having a problem with certain modules not loading at boot time and I believe it has to do with modprobe.conf not being run or with the information just being ignored.
If you want modules to be available to the kernel during boot, you need to place them into initrd image. mkinitrd should be able to figure out what you have in modprobe.conf and build an image:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-kernel-version kernel-verion
There are also some other options for mkinitrd that might be usefull to you (you might need to specify non-block devices manually, when calling mkinitrd, not sure).
While you are testing, don't overwrite existing initrd, use different file name, and update your boot loader configuration to reflect this. Also, if you are using LILO, rerun it every time you do mkinitrd or edit lilo.conf (even if you haven't changed initrd file name).
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
