> For RedHat users, there's another pitfall in "/etc/rc.sysinit". During
> startup, the script sets up the binary used to dynamically load modules
> stored at "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe". The initscript looks for
> "/proc/ksyms" (if my memory servers me well), but since it doesn't exist
> in 2.5 kernels, the binary used is "/sbin/true" instead.
>
> This, eventually, will keep modules from working. RedHat users will have
> to patch the "/etc/rc.sysinit" script to set "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe"
> to "/sbin/modprobe", even when "/proc/ksyms" doesn't exist.
>
> I can't attach a patch. All my RH9 boxes are manually patched and can't
> get access to the original "/etc/rc.sysinit" script :-(
Dave, i think it'd be good to have this in your post-halloween document?
Regards,
Your spanish translator :)
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