1 PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
2 THIS WILL DESTROY THE OLD MODUTILS FOR PRE-2.6 KERNELS!
3 THERE IS NO BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY.
5 1) If running for the first time, you might try to convert your old
6 modules.conf to modprobe.conf automatically:
8 ./generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf
10 2a) If you want to install in /sbin:
11 ./configure --prefix= --mandir=/usr/share/man
13 2b) If you want to install in /usr/local/sbin:
20 4) If you are using devfs, copy modprobe.devfs to /etc
22 5) You will need to run "depmod" for your new kernel, eg:
26 6) If you want to hack on the source:
28 (or in full: aclocal -I m4 && automake --add-missing --copy && autoconf)
30 If this is all too complicated, I recommend getting and installing the
31 source rpm or debian package instead.