You don't need to do all that you mentioned on the modules.  Just edit
/etc/modules.conf and use alias ethX tulip where X=ethernet card # and
whatever module happens to be yours.  Run depmod -a afterwards and your all
set to include being recognized at boot time.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "ABrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux and Road Runner


> I've had a problem or 2 with modules however (not related to RR) in that
> they weren't getting installed at boot. So, I changed the atboot= line to
> no, manually rmmod, insmod and ifup in the rc.local script whenever that
> has happened (like it currently does). I get that as follows:
>
> /sbin/ifdown eth0 > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/rmmod tulip > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/insmod tulip > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/ifup eth0 > /dev/null 2>&1
>
> That always works, whether the modules manage to get installed properly in
> the first place or if they fail, just as long as the modules work at all
> (tulip mods sometimes are screwy). Change the module to whatever yours
> uses.




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