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Re: Confused about modules



On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:16:53AM +1000, Robert Parker wrote:
> As root
> On a Woody system 2.4 series kernel.
> 
> modprobe apm
> the module installs and is in the lsmod list but does not persist through a 
> boot.
> 
> insmod apm
> same story.
> 
> So what command should I use to have apm installed on boot?

echo apm >> /etc/modules

> I guess a second question is why have 2 commands doing the same thing?

If you mean insmod and modprobe... insmod just tries to insert the
module specified and reports success or failure. modprobe will also
load any other modules that the specified module depends on.

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