i'm confused with module loading.
i have cdrw and configure ide-scsi emulation for it. doing "modprobe ide-scsi; mount /dev/scd0" is fine.
but, how to configure automatic loading of ide-scsi? it seems that just "touching" for /dev/scd0 do not cause kmod to exec modprobe at all. What to do?
You load them as part of the boot/init process. Exactly how you do that depends quite a bit on which Linux distrobution you are using. The advice someone else posted, for example, looked like it was for Slackware. In Debian, you'd add the module names to /etc/modules . Probably the assortment of distros descended from Red Hat has yet another procedure for this.
i think that loading several modules at boottime are not the best idea, in that case - why do i use modules at all?
There are many reasons to use modules. The specific reasons depend on the specific modules in question. In this instance, though, you should feel free to recompile your kernel to incorporate ide-scsi support (of course, also compiling in the other modules that ide-scsi needs in order to function).
You are entitled to your opinion ... it is your system after all ... but personally I think it is smart to load during init, or compile in, support for devices that hold filesystems.
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