Re: PROBLEM: 2.2.5 unstable on Dell PC, 2.0.36 is stable

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 02:40:05 +0100 (BST)


Hi,

On Tue, 20 Jul 99 19:40:52 +0100, Richard Black <rjb@dcs.gla.ac.uk>
said:

> Well I've eventually managed to get something that boots, secret here
> is that "Enable loadable module support" doesn't

Yes, it does. By default the module support lets you install and
deinstall modules manually. The module loader support is for
automatic loading of modules on demand, which is great if that's how you
want your system set up, but in many cases you just want the necessary
modules loaded at boot time and dynamic loading of modules during run
time just gets in the way.

> and you have to select the "Kernel module loader" as well (this is non
> obvious), but there is nothing I can do to make nfs work with this
> kernel -- the config just refuses to even offer me "nfs server" and
> xconfig just shows it greyed-out so the rpc.nfsd just gets an ENOSYS.
> (Any suggestions why 2.2.10 does not support nfs serving?????)

Enable "experimental options" in the overall config first.

--Stephen

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