On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Simon Bayling wrote:
> Hello, I am an experienced computer user (DOS and Win 3.x + 9x)
> but a linux newbie, and a new member of this list. I have a working
> version of RedHat (5.?), kernel 2.0.32. After a lot of searching I
I guess it's RH 5.0 in case you didn't update the kernel.
> have found appropriate modules for my PCI network card, and how
> to load them with insmod, except they unload when the computer
I know the best way to use modules is with insmod/rmmod. But for
a beginner I believe it's very useful kerneld. This way you can ignore
which module to load when.
> is rebooted (surprise). I'm sure there must be some way to keep
> them loaded or set them to load on bootup, (equivalent to DOS
> autoexec.bat perhaps?) can anyone help me with how?
Get Linux Module HOWTO and Kernel HOWTO. There you'll find all
informations related to modules and kernel.
Raider
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