The files are in /lib/modules/2.x.x
You should make sure that the entries in /boot all point to the right
place, especially the softlinks.
In addition, because you have a SCSI adaptor you will need to use the
mkinitrd utility to build a special bootable kernel image with the
appropriate SCSI module included.
"it still tries to load the old modules"
Eh, what's wrong with this?
It's loading the "old" modules because your configuration loads an
existing kernel.
If you built new modules you should have rebuilt your kernel as well so
that everything is consistent, and also copied over map files, etc.
Make sure the boot is loading what you think it is, and run lilo just to
be sure!
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Laura Conrad
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Where does it find what modules to load?
I've modified a couple of things about my hardware configuration since
installing Mandrake 8, and told both the configuration GUI and
/etc/modules.conf about them, and when my computer boots it still tries
to load the old modules. This is just a nuisance in the case of the
ethernet card I removed, but in the case of the new SCSI interface card,
it means I have to boot without the SCSI device and then insert the
module and mount the hard drive separately. And I still haven't managed
to get linux to recognize the external devices attached to the card.
So where is Mandrake 8 getting the idea it should load the old modules?
And how do I tell it to load the new ones?
--
Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.laymusic.org/ )
(617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574
233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
