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> I am suspicious about
> modprobe: can't locate module block-major-8
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I copied this from some mailing list archive:
>
> Hi!
>
> I often get this error in syslog:
> May 27 11:15:21 MAJA modprobe: can't locate module block-major-8
> May 27 11:15:31 MAJA last message repeated 15 times
>
> I checked /etc/conf.modules and found out this:
> alias block-major-8 sd_mod
>
> I haven't got a clue what sd_mod is and what it is used for - so i
dont know
> if I can safely turn the alias off ?
Yes. sd_mod is the module for SCSI disk or non ide zip drive
support.
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It looks as if you've built the SCSI support you need as modules, and
the modules aren't loaded. Try:
modprobe sd_mod
and try usb again. If it works, putting:
alias char-major-8 sd_mod
in /etc/modules.conf (it may be conf.modules, depending on your distribution)
to load this module automatically on an as-needed basis.
If you don't understand what this means, I would also suggest to read
kerneld.txt and kmod.txt in the Documentation/ directory of the Linux
source to learn about it. It's too useful a tool to pass up.
Anyone know offhand which version of modutils began supporting the usb/
directory?
Going to fade back into the lurking shadows now.
Joseph Fannin II
"That's all I have to say about that." -- Forrest Gump
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