I noted strange behavoir after installing linux-kernel-2.4.21-4.On reboot, a host of modules that I had never selected with modconf were installed. They were not in /etc/modules, however, so the kernel upgrade had clearly not modified this file (although they did appear selected in modconf - perhaps modconf determines what is installed by looking at /proc/modules rather than /etc/modules?).
Anyway, "strings /boot/initrd.img-2.4.21" did show all of these modules listing, making me think that these modules are hardcoded into the initrd image. If this is the case, then of course removing them with modconf will have no effect on reboot time - so if I don't want all these modules, there is no alternative but to compile my own kernel - or add a boot time script to remove the unwanted modules, which is far less elegant. Is this an accurate understanding of what is going on here? Thanks. nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
