Load nvidia module while booting to kernel without loader

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mad2

Hello all,

This is my first post on the FreeBSD forums so if I make a mistake, please don't tear into me too hard. I have installed FreeBSD on my desktop and I have gotten everything to work except the autoloading of the nvidia module without using the /boot/loader.conf since I am booting straight to the kernel using Grub from my linux install. I have tried entering
Code: 
kldload /boot/modules/nvidia.ko
in my /etc/rc.conf and it seems to load but during boot, it warns that the file exists and it can't load. Is there a better way to autoload this kernel module without using /boot/loader.conf? If so please help and thanks in advance.
 
If there's a warning the file exists it means it's already loaded. If you get to see the menu during boot you can be sure /boot/loader.conf is processed.
 
When I boot to the loader it gives an error that it can't find the kernel. I have tried chainloading and all but it will not seem to work.
 
SirDice said:
If there's a warning the file exists it means it's already loaded. If you get to see the menu during boot you can be sure /boot/loader.conf is processed.
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However I am not getting to the menu since I am booting straight to kernel. I tried putting my module autoload in /boot/loader but it doesn't get started since I am not using the loader. I basically was wondering if there is a place for a start-up script where I could load the module as an alternative to the loader.
 
Ah. If you put it in rc.conf it will get executed multiple times, various startup scripts source this file. Put your command in /etc/rc.local.
 
SirDice said:
Ah. If you put it in rc.conf it will get executed multiple times, various startup scripts source this file. Put your command in /etc/rc.local.
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Oh my god, I can't believe I forgot about /etc/rc.local. That is so simple! Thank you very much!
 
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