Re: [expert] Where does it find what modules to load?

[Larry Sword]

Laura Conrad wrote:
> 
> 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?

Your system is probably trying to load the removed ethernet card because
it's still listed in one of the following files:

/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
/etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-ethx

Trying to remove it using Linuxconf ->Networking->Hostname and
IPnetworking devices. Remove or modify the entries in Adaptor 1 or 2 or
x.

Larry

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