> Any other ways to stop the kernel/boot-process from thinking this is a > desktop that needs a bunch of fru-fru stuff loaded?I spent a big chuck of the late 80s and early 90s, de-fragmenting and mapping out bad sectors on floppy discs. I suspect that there are many, many more productive uses for your time than making sure the floppy driver is not loaded.
Though if pink, frilly fru-fru modules are really a threat to your mascul^h^h^h^hsecurity... You can compile your own kernels that don't have the ability to load modules at all.
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Roberto Sanchez wrote:Jim Popovitch wrote:I've installed Debian Sarge on a few *servers*, and I see that the default kernel loads many more modules than I need (snd_*, floppy, vesafb, etc.) Is there a way to prevent Sarge from loading a bunch of crap automatically?You can just blacklist the devices for which you don't want modules loaded. Check the hotplug documentation for details.Thanks, but no thanks. ;-)This is a server, and I see no reason to run hotplug on a server (same for discovery, PCMCIA, yada, yada, yada). In fact I think hotplug on a server is a security risk because it allows anyone in the datacenter to walk up with a USB dongle and possibly wreak havoc.Any other ways to stop the kernel/boot-process from thinking this is a desktop that needs a bunch of fru-fru stuff loaded?-Jim P.