There is no rc.local on my suse 7.1 system, but problem solved.
Joel Hammer wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 10:51:49PM -0700, Marianne Taylor wrote:
> > I am trying to get my usb zipdrive working on my suse 7.1 system. I can
> > load the required modules at the command line, but can't figure out how
> > to load them at boot time. I did try editing the modules.conf file but
> > that pooched the system. (Forgot to back the file up before changing --
> > I know I should know better !!!)
> >
> > There has to be an easier way to do this that I am just missing??
> >
> > Otherwise I am loving this new system.
> >
> I used to hate modules until I just gave up on the modprobe stuff and all
> that and just do it by hand.
> In theory, all you have to do is modprobe imm.o and all is well. Mine
> never works that way.
> So, just put your insmod commands into /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.local.
> You may have to include the complete path to your insmod command and to your
> modules, which reside in /lib/modules/kernelversion/drivers/scsi, I believe.
> Your kernel version is uname -r
> Here is the output of lsmod on my Caldera 2.4 system with a 2.4.5 kernel
> patched for win4lin. Load them in reverse order of course and you have to
> include the terminal ".o". This may differ a bit from kernel to kernel and also
> depends on what was built into your kernel. Don't forget that if you have
> the lp module installed, that has to be removed before you install imm.o,
> but it can be reinstalled after imm.o.
>
> imm 9144 0 (unused)
> sg 21692 0 (unused)
> sd_mod 9832 0 (unused)
> scsi_mod 53024 3 [imm sg sd_mod]
>
> I load all my modules in rc.local. It can be a nuisance to set up but at the
> end of the day I know it will work and if it doesn't I can fix it.
> Joel
>
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