Re: [SLUG] Debian - New Hardware

From: Dylan William Hardison (dylanwh@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 17:48:43 EDT


On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 02:18PM -0700, Kenneth W Hansen wrote:
> On the other distros I've used, the system looks for new hardware while booting. I just realized that Debian doesn't - after I made some changes to my box. Is this an option that can be added, or is it not available in Debian?
>

It depends on the kernel, and some startup scripts.

I think hotplug does detection and such for USB devices.

I've never had a chance to add hardware, though, so I'm not entirely
sure.

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