On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Sebastien Roy <sebastien....@oracle.com> wrote:

> On 07/ 1/10 12:01 PM, Andrej Podzimek wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I know this is a „RTFM“ question, but I just could not find the answer:
>> Where can I specify which kernel modules should (or should not) be
>> loaded automatically at boot? For example, if I don't want the
>> VirtualBox modules to be loaded (but don't want to uninstall
>> VirtualBox), can I disable them somehow?
> 
> Yes, you can add the following to /etc/system:
> 
> exclude: <module-name>
> 
> The system(4) man page has a paragraph on the subject.
> 

...or on the boot command line:

 -B disable-<modulename>=true

 will work for almost all modules (definitely all conventional drivers).  
You'll get an informational notice on boot for each module that was disabled if 
the system tried to load it.

  --S


> -Seb
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