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Even if you do configure all of the necessary modules at this time, it may

be desirable to edit /etc/modules and activate the  auto  line by removing

the leading '#' character. This will allow modules to be loaded as needed and

earlier in the boot up process than when kerneld is normally running. Modules

explicitly declared after the auto will be loaded at boot up and never unloaded

by kerneld until shutdown. This is useful in maintaining start up configuration

on some drivers, most notably a serial driver with nonstandard interrupts.

In addition to the option to configure device drivers, there is an alternate

selection that allows the PCMCIA support to be configured as well. This is

of primary interest to laptop machines with removable devices like modems,

Ethernet cards, and even CD ROM drives and other SCSI devices.

Choosing the PCMCIA configuration option will present the options to config 

ure: a PCMCIA controller, Serial, and CD ROM devices. Configuration now

will make the rest of the installation possible via these devices.