On 02-May-01 at 14:30:38 Eric Wood wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> The cron job simply tidies the modules up by looking for any unused
>> modules every 10 mins.
>
> Sometime the st module gets unloaded. This, say, controls your scsi tape
> drive. When you load a tape backup program, your scsi tape drive may not
> be detected. You'll have to 'insmod st' before your install your backup
> software.
>
> st.o module, of course, was unloaded thanks to rmmod.
>
Fair point! And thinking about it I have to 'insmod imm.o' to use my zip
drive. This is done at boot time with /etc/rc.modules, but I suspect rmmod
will remove that as well :-) I haven't noticed it, but I only use the zip
drive on odd occasions. I'll check that tonight.
John.
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