[plug] Modprobe question

Chris Griffin griffinster at gmail.com
Tue Feb 15 20:30:07 WST 2005


There is no /etc/modules at this stage and while I realise the command
will create it, should there be one?


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:02:16 +0400, Brad Campbell <brad at wasp.net.au> wrote:
> Chris Griffin wrote:
> > With Fedora 3, I have managed to find out how to get my Advansys SCSI
> > controller working.
> > I now have a kernel module that does the job well, only thing is every
> > time I boot I have to do:
> >
> > "modprobe advansys"
> > and then mount the drive.
> >
> > I have added a line in /etc/modprobe.conf
> >
> > alias scsi_hostadapter advansys.ko
> >
> > which the system seems happy about.  And yet I still have to do the
> > "modprobe advansys" command after booting.
> > Is there something I am missing to make this all happen automagically?
> 
> Don't know about Fedora. In debian I'd
> echo advansys >> /etc/modules
> 
> Brad
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