Once upon a time, Gerrard Geldenhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The installer adds these lines to modprobe.conf when installing:
> 
> An IBM 336:
> 
> alias scsi_hostadapter mptbase
> alias scsi_hostadapter1 mptspi
> alias scsi_hostadapter2 ata_piix

I believe those lines are used by mkinitrd to determine which modules
should be included in the initrd whenever a new kernel is installed.  If
you remove them, the next time you install a kernel update and reboot,
your system won't boot because it won't be able to find your hard
drive(s).

-- 
Chris Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.

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