On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 01:43:31PM -0500, Bug Hunter wrote:
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> On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Al Smith wrote:
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> > Same problem
> >
> > -Al
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > > At 08:43 02/06/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >I am trying to load some modules by hand by doing a:
> > > >
> > > >insmod module name
> > >
> > > Try modprobe instead of insmod.
> > >
> > > hih
> > > nick@nexnix
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> I have found that some modules depend upon other modules for symbols.
> For example, msdos.o relies upon nls.o (if it is not compiled into the
> kernel), and vfat.o relies upons msdos.o. so, you have to load nls,
> msdos, vfat in that order.
Actually, modprobe _should_ be smart enough to auto-load the modules that
are relied upon by your requested module. That's what
/lib/modules/<kernel>/modules.dep is for!
--
Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
