Try fiddling around with "modprobe -t net"! This is supposed to try each
network module until it succedes. The default directory for "net" is
"/lib/modules/net". Check the man page for modprobe.
Bill Bogstad wrote:
> I want to make a bootable disk image supports networking and will
> automatically pick the correct device driver at boot time. It appears that I
> can put multiple entries in /etc/conf.modules i.e.
>
> alias eth0 tulip
> alias eth0 eepro100
>
> and kerneld/modprobe will try them until it finds one
> that works. Or at least it appears to work in the few tests
> that have been tried. Is this just accidental or is it something
> that I can depend on? Is there a better way to do this that requires
> no human intervention?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Bogstad
>
> P.S. For now I only care about 2.2.* kernels.
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