modules and configuration

[Senectus .]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:09:22 +0000, Alistair Ross <ajross at xbolt.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Open a terminal up,
> 
> sudo gedit /etc/modules.conf
> 
> add the text to the file that the website you link to specifies.
> 
> Save the file, reboot or re-init your system and the module will have
> loaded on startup.
> 
Thank you for that, but I'd like to ask something for better understanding.
It's been my experience that when a config file says ***Do not edit
this file*** It's because that file is generated by a system process,
thus any changes made will be wiped next time its run, is that not the
case here?

Thanks for your time

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