tape installation

Wolfgang Gill wolfgang at rpi.net.au
Tue Dec 2 13:40:03 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 00:23, Tarjei Knapstad wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 14:11, Wolfgang Gill wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 23:48, Stefano wrote:
> > > Hello there.
> > > 
> 
> > > To make the tape work I need to issue a "modprobe aic7xxx" command manually.
> > > After that the tape works.
> > > When I reboot the machine the tape doesn't work anymore, and I need to issue
> > > the modprobe command again.
> > > 
> > 
> > Add the modprobe aic7xxx to the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
> > Then that driver will reload when you reboot your system. I had to do
> > that too for a driver to load on reboot on my system.
> > 
> 
> I think the "correct" way of loading kernel modules is to add them to
> /etc/modules.conf.
> 
> --
> Tarjei

Whatever way works best.. Not everyone knows the 'Correct' way of
loading kernel modules. When I had the problem of a module not loading
when it needed to.. A google of the net informed me to do it the way I
suggested. But as I said, whichever way works best.

Wolf






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