On 11-Feb-99 Chi Kwong wrote:
> I added the line to /etc/conf.modules and rebooted the machine to
> make sure. But I was not able to access the tape drive. dmseg was not
> showing any SCSI cards and eventually I reinstalled the whole OS
> which worked.
>
> When I look at dmesg now it shows the scsi card and the tape drive.
> What was I missing ? I want to add more devices later on but don't
> really fancy re-installing each time
Hi,
usually what you have to do when installing new hardware with linux is
reconfiguring your kernel and recompiling it.
There are (most of the time) two options: compile the hardware driver
directly into the kernel (recompile every time) or configuring the
driver as kernel module. In the second case it should be sufficient to
recompile the kernel modules and activating the module. This should be
possible even without rebooting....
This is what /etc/conf.modules is for (or the commands modprobe, insmod,
lsmod,...)
Since I don't use RedHat I have no idea how much modules are activated
in your configuration anyway. But since it didn't work with changing
conf.modules there was probably no module for your advansys card there.
For informations on recompiling the kernel I would suggest some
literature/readme/howto (like:
http://metalab.unc.edu/linux/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html )
If you have futher questions you can contact me (best by private E-mail
since it's got nothing much to do with scsi anymore).
BUT: I am *no* RedHat User, so there are a lot of people on the usenet
(newsgroups) who know your system much better than me.
newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup (or comp.os.linux.**** whatever if you
have specific questions beyond basic setup).
I hope this get's you started,
Karl-Heinz
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Date: 11-Feb-99 Time: 14:54:41
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