On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:01:49PM +0000, Tom Allison wrote: > > I'm trying to install the 2.2.18 kernel into a Debian install. > I'm not using the Deb binaries for a couple reasons, but I got into a jam.. > > I'm used to Slackware. If you want to change it, you edit the file > directly. Debian doesn't seem to do that very well. Lots of warnings > about not changing files.. > > According the my previous experience with slackware my /etc/modules.conf > file should consist of something like: > alias cs46xx sound > alias eepro100 eth0 > > and really nothing else. > In Debian, I have many lines and many aliases and when I try to load a new > kernel, the modules won't load... > I need to tell Debian that there's a lot of files/modules I have no > intention of using. > What's the tool(s) to do that? > > I'm afraid if I edit the /etc/modules.conf directly, the installation will > get mad. It's written *directly* inside that file (i.e.: RTFM ;): ### This file is automatically generated by update-modules # # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add # anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read # the manpage for update-modules. # ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/0keep # DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! # This file is not marked as conffile to make sure if you upgrade modutils # it will be restored in case some modifications have been made.
-> man update-modules Andreas Mohr
