Re: Kernel with initrd, remove unused modules
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:45:48 +0200
Ismael Valladolid Torres <ismael@sambara.org> wrote:
> I just installed kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 (I am running sid), which
> boots using initrd. Thus, after booting, lsmod shows a lot of unused
> modules. I'd like to know which is the clean way (even the
> Debian-specific one, if it exists) on configuring the booting
> procedure so it loads only the modules needed by my system.
The Debian Way to remove unused modules is to run modconf, then
update-modules.
To keep the modules from loading automatically at boot, edit /etc/modules.
Either remove or comment out the names of the modules you don't need.
Kevin
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