Thanks to all who responded and helped me.. All the tips worked and helped me understand linux concepts...This mailing list is great...
Now I feel as if I'm mastering linux...Good to understand how things work.. Thx Saravanan "Rigler, S C (Steve)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If they are scsi drivers, just do mkinitrd: > >mkinitrd -v -f /path/to/initrd.img `uname -r` > >If you you are trying to load some other kind of driver do: > >mkinitrd -v -f /path/to/initrd.img --with=<module name> `uname -r` > >-Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:27 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: How do I remove a module from the kernel > > >Thx Dave..I guess that worked...Now the kernel is loading without this driver... > >But what is the procedure to install such modular drivers...I guess I don't have to >compile kernel if I want the kernel load this driver at boot?? > >-Saravanan > > >"David Busby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Just a note, I think that the make install of the kernel functionality is >>dependent on the distribution of the kernel, I just used 2.4.20 from >>kernel.org and I still had to re-do the mkinitrd, but I could have my own >>config issues. >> >>/B >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Rigler, S C (Steve)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:26 >>Subject: RE: How do I remove a module from the kernel >> >> >>> You need to do "mkinitrd" to rebuild your initrd. It reads the >>information >>> from your /etc/modules.conf and adds the scsi ones to your initrd so they >>> get loaded at boot time. >>> >>> I believe that when you build your own kernel that "make install" does >>this >>> for you. >>> >>> -Steve >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:52 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: How do I remove a module from the kernel >>> >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> I've a host running red hat 8.0 and my kernel loads the qlogic san driver >>during boot time. I don't want the kernel to load this driver during boot. >>So I did the following steps >>> 1. Did make menuconfig and unchecked the boxes related to qlogic under >>SCSI section. Recompiled the kernel and loaded the new kernel. Still the >>kernel loaded the qla2300 module. >>> 2. Commented out the line #alias scsi_hostadapter1 qla2300 from >>/etc/modules.conf. Still the kernel loaded the module. >>> 3. Checked the modules.dep file and deleted the qla2300.o file from the >>location form where it was supposed to load >>> /lib/modules/kernel_ver/kernel/drivers/addon/qla2200/qla2300.o: >>/lib/modules/kernel_version/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o >>> Still the kernel is loading the module... >>> >>> So I don't know from where its picking up the driver and trying to load... >>Can anyone please guide me.. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Saravanan >>> >>> __________________________________________________________________ >>> The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! >>http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp >>> >>> Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at >>http://webmail.netscape.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> redhat-list mailing list >>> unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> redhat-list mailing list >>> unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> >> >> >>-- >>redhat-list mailing list >>unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > > > > >__________________________________________________________________ >The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! >http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
