first of all have you installed cooker version or compiled from sources? > module-init-tools was installed already.
if you *installed* current module-init-tools (as opposed to updating it) /etc/modprobe.conf is generated automatically. Otherwise I suggest removing module-init-tools, removing (or backing up /etc/modprobe.conf) and installing it again. Simply running generate-modprobe.conf produces overwhelming number of entries most of which are provided as default. > I didn't know about the generate-modprobe.conf command - but I ran it, > it seemed to do something - and the I rebooted. Still there is no > "pcnet32" module to load. by default it just spits output to stdout so it is not of much use. Would you mind showing /etc/modprobe.conf? Module seems to exist but I have no idea if it even compiles. Try CONFIG_PCNET32 (surprise :) If it compiles and works, tell Olivier to include it in its package. > Has anybody written a "how-to" for getting the kernel-2.6 to run > properly in Mandrake? I'm not afraid to read is I could find > something specific to Mandrake (or Cooker) Theoretically there should not be any need for such how to because you just install kernel 2.6 package and run it. To make it possible much more user feedback is needed. Ideally this feedback should provide slightly more information than "I tried it and it does not work" :))) thank you -andrey
