FW: "permanent modules"

["Lan User" <obecalp@ameritech.net>]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > >Hi, can somebody tell me, what does the "[permanent]"
> > >at the module (as from lsmod) means.. I have a bunch of them
You can get around this by booting without an initrd image.  

Take a look at your grub or lilo config and see if you can do without the
initrd image.

Depending on what you need at boot time, you may need to compile support for
certain things (like ext3) into your kernel and not as modules.

-Patrick.