On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:52:46PM -0500, Matthew Lenz wrote: > .. i am adding bonding to all my servers ethernet interfaces and I need to > make the bonding module load on boot with specific parameters. I currently > modified the /etc/modules file and added my > > bonding mode=active-backup primary=eth0 miimon=250 > > made the appropriate /etc/network/interfaces changes and reboots.. everything > works perfectly.
Right. /etc/modules is for the modules to be loaded on boot. > I just want to know if I put the module stuff in the right place. It seems > thatI also could have put an alias for bond0 bonding .etc. etc. in > /etc/modules.conf but i wasn't sure. An alias in /etc/modules.conf means: The module will be loaded when the alias (device) is called. BTW: Don't change /etc/modules.conf directly, but write a separate file in /etc/modutils/. See man update-modules. > > which way is correct so that package updates to the system won't overwrite my > config? > > -Matt HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
