On 30 August 2010 12:45, g <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> running sl 5.4.
>
> i have never used raid drives and i am not using raid, so i want to stop
> dm-* modules and associated files from loading at boot.

I would suggest that you consider using the boot line parameter "nodmraid".

To see what that parameter does, check the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file
and look at the block of code that begins with the test:

"if ! strstr "$cmdline" nodmraid && [ -x /sbin/dmraid.static ]; then"

Alan.