Re: Adding modules


Subject: Re: Adding modules
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 19:37:58 MDT


Joseph Iovinelli's bits of Thu, 27 Apr 2000 translated to:

>When upgrading a precompiled kernel it comes with new modules. When I went
>to install them the path was different. i.e.
>
><lib/modules/2.2.15pre19> the "2.2.15pre19" is different them what is on my
>drive.
>
>Should I put it in as a second folder inside the modules folder.
>or
>Just dump them in and overwrite the old stuff with the old folders name.
>or
>Should I use the new name and put in the missing items into the new folder

Hi - You should let them have their own folder in /lib/modules, with the
name exactly as it is in the archive. If you don't do this, the modules
won't be found.

Jim



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