[NBLUG/talk] Installing an Ultra ATA/133 PCI card on Debian

troy fryman at sonic.net
Mon Dec 1 15:38:01 PST 2003


On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 07:39:21AM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> 
> I remember that RedHat could somehow load kernel modules automatically
> whenever they were needed.  Can Debian do that?

Yep, via the same mechanism as RedHat: /etc/modules.conf

modules.conf is generally maintained differently in Debian -- via
separate files in /etc/modutils and the update-modules tool which should
already be installed in /sbin.

I think it's a nifty setup.

-troy




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