> He should not need to do that if the module exists in > his /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers directory tree. > > That said, I have some stuff like that I've put, not into modules.conf > (or in my case modprobe.conf, FC2 box) but into /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > That seems to simplicate matters a bunch here.
My tape drive doesn't load on boot either, though there's an entry in /etc/modules.conf for it. I've resorted to the (none too well documented) /etc/rc.modules file that is run at boot to load the module. YMMV. -- Dave Hull Software Engineer Networking and Telecommunications Services A Division of Information Services The University of Kansas
