The default /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file contains a section: if [ -x /sbin/depmod -a -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then # Get ready for kerneld if module support in the kernel echo -n "Finding module dependencies... " if [ -e /lib/modules/preferred ]; then depmod -a preferred else depmod -a preferred fi echo "done" fi The second "depmod" line should be just: depmod -a Apologies if this has already be spotted. Cheers, Paul.
What version of initscripts is installed on your system? Find out by doing: rpm -q initscripts This problem should be fixed in initscripts-3.67-1 and newer.