On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Duncan wrote:
DR GM SEDDON posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below,
on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:40:18 +0000:
Hi,
I was wondering. What modules do I need installed at boot?
Other than that, I learned what I needed pretty much by going thru
the entire kernel config and turning on what I KNEW I needed, then
using trial and error on everything else, trying without it to see if
everything still worked and didn't complain, going back and turning it
back on if I found I needed it....
This is why I miss RedHat. I don't want to spend my time customizing
a kernel then spending more time with trial and error getting just the
kernel I need. RedHat has a system in place that installs a minimal
kernal and then loads almost everything else as modules. Genkernel almost
does what I want but it is always a struggle. The base system always
loads all the different disk drivers and does not unload the unused ones.
Is anyone working on a more RedHat like kernel/modules/runtime loading
system? It would eliminate the problem the original poster had and save
lots of time for the rest of us.
Thanks,
Steve Herber [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: 206-221-7262
Security Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services home: 425-454-2399
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