modules.conf maintenance
Hello,
I have an Alpha 1000A running Debian Sarge with a 2.4.28 kernel that I
built. I decided to try the stock 2.6.8 kernel and used apt-get to install
it. The install went just fine, I modified aboot.conf to use the initrd
images, and the system rebooted fine with the exception that I lost the
network. Turns on that this system has a DE500 NIC and I forgot that to
get it to work I had to load the de4x5 driver. The kernel upgrade wiped
out the modules.conf file so it took me a while to figure out why booting
the old kernel did not work any more either. So, this leaves me with two
questions:
1. What is the correct way to add entries into modules.conf so that they
are preserved through an apt-get kernel upgrade? The modules.conf
file tells you to read the man page for update-modules, but the
update-modules man page says that update-modules is obsolete.
2. How do I add the de4x5 module to the stock 2.6.8 kernel? Has to
be done as part of the 2.6.8 kernel install, because if I wait 'til
after I can't talk to the apt-get sources any more.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill
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| Bill MacAllister
| 14219 Auburn Road
| Grass Valley, CA 95949
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