In Redhat, /etc/modules.conf holds the aliases for what driver to load for what device. On my DEC Alpha I have the following in /etc/modules.conf: options tulip options=4 alias eth0 tulip alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc The info held in /etc/sysconfig/network* is used to configure the device once the OS knows what card it is. > Redhat would have this info at... > > /etc/sysconfig/network (hostname, gateway device & gateway address) > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (and eth1, etc... which would > store the device,ip address, subnet mask,broadcast address, > whether to load at boot time, and the specific IPX configuration info) > > This may not be useful to Debian users. > > It might be stored in /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf I believe. > > > When installing Strom on a box here at work, the install prompts for the > > > NICs in the box. If these are changed later there seems to be > > error messages > > > during boot up about the changed NICs. This leads me to think > > that somewhere > > > the NIC and related driver is stored. This should be something > > I should be > > > able to change myself if I change the NIC. > > > > > > Questions: > > > > > > If this is true, where is this information stored? > > > And how do I change it?