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Re: Problem with boot messages & loadlin

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From: Michael James
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00
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Col Mackrory wrote:
> 
> Hello Dimitri,
> 
> You have been very helpful..thanks.
> 
> ........loadlin problem
> Basically I did not read the README carefully. I did a 'make zImage' - but
> I did not copy it to the root directory. So...DOH! The old vmlinuz won't
> load - but the new zImage (copied to /vmlinuz) will. Note - it is a product
> of a  "make zImage" not a "make bzImage". It does not want to load my
> bzImage file.
> 
> ........modules
> 
> I did as you say - removed what was in /lib/modules/2.0.27 (actually moved
> them - just-n-case). I then made the modules and installed them.
> 
> I now get a new set of errors...
> Jun  1 13:23:30 modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
> Jun  1 13:23:30 modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
> 
> From what I can tell net-pf-4 is ipx and net-pf-5 is appletalk.
> 
> I am not sure why it wants these modules - I said no in my "make config" to
> these options. I will look through my startup files a bit more carefully.
> Reading the modules.txt (reading as document - what a concept ;-)) I think
> I can create a "/etc/conf.modules" file and turn these off.
> 
> If you have time - and can offer any further advice it would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Col.
> 

have a look in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
i have found that autoloading of modules produces lots of error messages
no matter how well configured the system is.

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From: Michael James <q9722124@mail.connect.usq.edu.au>
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Date: 1997/06/01
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