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Re: Module installation query



>From rc.local (RedHat 7.1):

# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

You can add here the modprobe command to load the drivers.
Alternatively -since we're talking about a tape drive which needs to be
activated only for backup jobs - you could easily write a bash script that
loads the drivers for your tape drive only when you use it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Feiglin" <dilogsys@inter.net.il>
To: "Henry Ficher" <ficher@netvision.net.il>
Cc: "IGLU" <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Module installation query


> This sounds interesting. Having never tried it before, at what point in
the
> boot/startup process would I invoke rc.local? I'm using a mangled SuSE 7.1
> distro i.e. custom kernel and a few other things. The startup sequence is
> (currently) untouched. N.B. SuSE 7.1 claims to have "changed" some things
at
> various run-levels, from the rest of the world.



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