beta 1.1 problems: modules config
I had also reported this problem with module configuration a week (?) ago, but
have not heard anything about corrections to the installation program. Is
this being worked on?
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> Lukas Nellen on Wed, 15 May 1996 13:00:45 -0500)
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> >no problems using the 3c503. All I had to do was to list the driver in
> >/etc/modules. Also, when you try to load the driver by hand, make sure
> >you use modprobe, not insmod, as the 3c503 is layered on top of
> >another module. And make sure you run depmod at least once - the new
> >/etc/init.d/modules doesn't run this every time you boot (unless you
> >uncomment the relevent lines).
>
> I finally figured some of this out on my own. There were several
> other modules that I needed (isofs, nfs, lp, etc.. as in 0.93R6).
>
> In general, I think the beta 1.1 installation lacks severely in this
> regard. There is an item on the menu to add the modules. However, it
> does not run correctly and gives a ton of error messages saying it
> cannot find the /etc/modules file (when it is there!), and will not
> allow the installation to continue. This is why I never had the
> opportunity to tell the installation procedure what modules to load (I
> discovered this after I fixed the problem and was wondering if I
> missed something along the way. It seems the 'recommended' next step
> at the top of the 1.1 installation never recommends to add the
> modules!!!).
>
> I hope this gets fixed before official release of 1.1.
>
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