On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 09:46:41PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, David Karlin wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:28:52AM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > 1. When using a network adapter whose driver is compiled as a module - > > > where does this module get loaded? > > > I currently added a simple modprobe line to /etc/init.d/networking , but > > > there has to be a better way. On RedHat loading this module is done by the > > > ifup script. > > > > Edit /etc/modules to include the name of the modules, and options; > > i.e. "parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7"(make sure you add them in the order > > they should to be loaded).Then run "update-modules" and a new > > /etc/modules.conf will be created. > > This gives the options to modprobe. But when is modprobe being run?
During the boot process. Generally, grep 'modprobe' /etc/init.d and
look under /etc/rc?.d to see where this script is linked:
/etc/init.d/alsa
/etc/init.d/kerneld
/etc/init.d/modutils
...IIRC (without checking) modutils is the primary init script involved,
and...
/etc/rcS.d/S20modutils
...it's called early in the boot (rcS.d) process.
> > > 5. Single-user mode loads a whole bunch of stuff thatare not really
> > > needed.
> > > What is the recomended way to load "failsafe" defaults? Using a floppy?
> >
> > What is the stuff that you don't need?(I'm not an expert on this).
>
> For instance: networking. Many things can go wrong: A faulty module for
> the adapter, dhcpcd hangs a bit because it can't find a server, etc.
>
> I can alway load with init=/bin/sh, or from a floppy, but those are not
> aptimal choices.
You can set an init level to exclude initiating networking services if
you wish. RedHat (IIRC) specifies runlevel 2 as non-networked
workstation, rulevel 3 as networked workstation, and RL 5 as a networked
workstation with an X display manager. RL 4, IIRC, was skipped.
Generally RL 3 or 5 are default under RH. See /etc/inittab for default
runlevel.
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