Module loaded into kernel at Boot
 

i have a module hpt374.ko
how do i get it to load at boot?

put them in your rc.local file.
pico /etc/rc.d/rc.local
modprobe <moduleName>
save it and reboot!

thats too late in the boot

i want it too load with the other modules not in the rc skripts

hpt374 is a raid device and nead to be up and running
before the disks are mounted

Try for 2.4 kernels, /etc/modules.conf and for 2.6 kernels /etc/modprobe.preload

Does RedHat have /etc/init.d?

ok that sounds right but how do the kernel read the file
only one thing is specified in the modprobe
in he file it says

scsi_hostadapter

but how do i insert my hpt374.ko

do i just write the path and name?

Just type the name of the module, without the ending .ko. You're running Mandy 10? Put it in All alone, on its own solitary line...

okay, i didn't realize. sry bout that.

use /etc/module.conf - loads all the modules for slackware! i don't know about mandrake

Oh yeah, that file is commented with an explanation of what I just psosted anyways. You'll be fine.

Actually, if you're booting from a RAID, you should have that compiled into the kernel.

you don't have to recompile the entire kernel to get the modules loaded at boot do you?



how is it supposed to know where the hpt374.ko file is?
don't you have to put it somewhere special?

See if you have the file /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x (replace X with 4 or 6, depending on your kernel)

If you do have that file, open it up and just write the name of the module, save, and reboot.

If not, ignore this post as I can't help...

If you had to compile the module already, you'd already have it in the list in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x anyhow. That's why there's a defined file structure in *nix - so you can find stuff in predictable places (if you know where these places are, of course). You may also find that particular file in /lib/modules/kernel-2.x

/etc/modprobe.preload is one of the files that modprobe will look for modules to load. That's why the developers put the file there.