[ale] Loading kernel modules at boot

[stephen at bee.net (Stephen Cristol)]

I've installed the fuse kernel module [1] from source and would like  
to load it at boot time.

I can successfully load it manually using:

   sudo /sbin/modprobe coda

Running "/sbin/modinfo fuse" gives me the following information:

   filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.EL/kernel/fs/fuse/fuse.ko
   alias:          char-major-10-229
   author:         Miklos Szeredi <miklos at szeredi.hu>
   description:    Filesystem in Userspace
   license:        GPL
   vermagic:       2.6.9-34.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
   depends:

Based on that, I added the line "alias char-major-10-229 fuse" to / 
etc/modprobe.conf (under CentOS 4.2). This has not had the desired  
effect. I am not sure if it had any effect. Typing either "dmesg |  
grep fuse" or "dmesg | grep char" produces no output.

Any suggestions on how to get the fuse module to load at boot?

If I can't get it to load via this mechanism, is there an alternative  
that would load early enough for it to be available to a service (in / 
etc/rc.d/init.d)?

Thanks,
S


[1] http://fuse.sourceforge.net/