> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rhelv5-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarod Wilson > Sent: 03 June 2008 16:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Loading kernel modules at boot time > > On Tuesday 03 June 2008 11:11:48 am Brian Long wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 11:27 +0100, Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I thought it would be simple but the solution is alluding me at > > > present. > > > > > > I want to load the mptctl module at boot time without having to add > > > modprobe mptctl to rc.local. Is there a better way of using rc.local. > > > > Yes, if your /etc/modprobe.conf has an alias scsi_hostadapter mptscsih, > > for example, you can tell it to load mptctl at the same time by adding > > an install line as follows: > > > > install mptscsih /sbin/modprobe mptctl; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install > > mptscsih > > > > This makes mptctl load at the same time as mptscsih. > > iirc, that makes mptctl load *before* mptscsih though, which may have > undesired side effects (like mptctl not working). What you may actually > want > is: > > install mptscsih /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install mptscsih; /sbin/modprobe > mptctl >
Hmmm, that does not work atm. Busy looking into why. Any idea how one can log more details for modprobe... to debug. Regards _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
