add modules to kernel

[hal]

hey
i' running mdk 10.1c on a toshiba laptop. i use an Asus w100g pcmcia to connect to wireless networks. for it to work, i "ndiswrapped" the win2k driver. it works just fine! what annoys me is the fact that everytime i boot the computer i need to add ndiswrapper to the kernel, by typing:

$ su
$ **************
$ modprobe ndiswrapper

How can this be done automaticaly at boot time? any sugestions?

[dylunio]

add it (the above commadn) to rc.3 in /etc/rc.d (it could also be /etc/init.d/rd.3) and then it should run when you boot.

dylunio

[Flatline]

Or rc.5 if you're booting into runlevel 5 (graphical boot). Dylunio, you beat me to it by about 3 seconds

[dylunio]

Or rc.5 if you're booting into runlevel 5 (graphical boot). Dylunio, you beat me to it by about 3 seconds

I wouldn't advise rd.5, since it will only run if you reach runlevel 5, while rd.3 will run at runnlevel 3, and runlevel 5, so if you have a X problem at boot modprobe will be running.

[hal]

damn you're fast!
but..is it rc.3 or rd.3 ? i can't find neigher in those directories..

[Flatline]

/etc/rc3.d

[dylunio]

hal, it is rc.3 (sorry for the typo) it could be in /etc/init.d/rc.3 /etc/rc.d/rc.3 or /etc/rc.3

dylunio

[sdousley]

or add ndiswrapper to the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-<version>

[hal]

i really dont have such a file. i only find rc3.d (dir) under that dir's and when i ran find it didnt return anything.
thx anyway

[hal]

ok. i just found the following file while searching for rc.3, add it, and it does work (just rebooted:

# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules


evdev
intel-agp
ndiswrapper

thank you guys