[plug] Modprobe question

[Mike Holland]

Carl Gherardi wrote:

>>>>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?

>>Of course, you could always add the "modprobe advansys" command to
>>/etc/rc.local .
>>
> 
> 
> No offense, but yuk - rc.local is a last resort. I didn't know about
> module.preload, but the way to solve this is to create a new initrd
> (initialized ram disk) file for bootup (a requirement if its your root
> disk)

No offense, but yuk! Overcomplicated. It was clear that he doesn't need
the SCSI for booting. So adding one word to /etc/modprobe.preload is
the simple and elegant solution.

Whats so evil about rc.local? It can save a lot of time when you don't
know a distro's quirks intimately. Or even if you do. Not elegant, but 
convenient.

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