Re: Loading Module at Startup

["h.breimer" <acbk zeelandnet nl>]

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:48:28 -0500
Jim Cornette <jim-cornette insight rr com> wrote:

> h.breimer wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:39:52 -0500
> >"Yanick Quirion" <yanick quirion neokimia com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>I'm using kernel 2.6.0-test11 and I'm not able to get some module
> >>loading when system starts.
> >>
> >>I want to load LVM2 module. I add it into /etc/modules.conf, run
> >>    
> >>
> >                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >2.6 uses /etc/modprobe.conf
> >The first time make it with:
> >
> >/sbin/generate-modprobe.conf
> >
> >henk
> >  
> >
> When do you run this command? I tried the command in the 2.6 kernel 
> environment and got the below error.
> 
> /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf
> /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf: line 32: modprobe.old: command not found
> Cannot find old version of modprobe. Giving up.
> 
> jim
> 
This command has only to be run once.
Now look at /etc/modprobe.conf
What you had in modules.conf has been translated to modprobe.conf
syntax.
The error arises just from your not having an earlier modprobe.conf.
Ignore it. Modules should be loaded now.

henk