Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 05:32:40PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
> On 18 Feb 2004 at 15:21:48, Darin Strait wrote:
<snip>
> > I don't understand why I have a modprobe.d and a modutils
> > directory.
>
> The modutils directory is for modutils (for 2.4 kernels), and
> the modprobe.d directory is for module-init-tools (for 2.6
> kernels).
>
> > Should I be using one or the other or both?
>
> That depends on what kernels you use.
>
> 2.4 only - use "apt get remove --purge module-init-tools" to
> remove module-init-tools and its config files (including the
> /etc/modprobe.d folder and /etc/modprobe.conf).
>
> 2.6 only - Keep both, but only maintain modprobe.d
does 2.6 require both? I currently have kept both since I have a 2.4
kernel for a rescue boot, but I was planning to remove it eventually.
>
> Both 2.4 and 2.6 - keep and maintatin both
>
> Adam
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