Re: 2.5.75 doesn't boot at all on x86

[Rahul Karnik]

> modprobe fails on /etc/modules.devfs and /etc/modules.conf at each
> probeall line.
> therefore, I dont have all modules up, particularly no mouse, no sound,
> no pcmcia, no acpi, no ide-scsi cdrw/dvd ....

Download, compile and install the latest module-init-tools from:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/

There are other things you may need for 2.5 kernels after migrating from 
a 2.4 setup. Dave Jones has documented some of these at:

http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt

-Rahul