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Yes, Slackware uses /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and that method works fine on
my stand-alone box but I can't dynamically change which synth to load
when I do it that way.  That's why I wanted to look at initrd more closely.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 11:53:35AM -0500, Barry Pollock wrote:
> Does your slack ware disk allow you to preload modules from disk
> If so, you  can do it that way?
> Each system has a different way of finding its modules on the floppy.
> You hav to figure out that location and place the module in exactly that
> location on the floppy.
> Then the system can find the module and you can have speech after the
> first question.
> Barry
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