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

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Larry" == Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    >> 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?

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

    Larry> /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
    Larry> /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-ethx

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

I tried that, and it still wants to load eth1 at bootup.  

I did a grep in /etc for eth1, and the only place I could find it was
in ./sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1, so I have removed that. 

Is there any documentation of this kind of thing?  

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