Re: [newbie] loadable modules in 8.1
Kernel modules to be loaded at boot time belong to /etc/modules and their settings to /etc/modules.conf My configuration entries for a scsi adapter In /etc/modules scsi_hostadapter In /etc/modules.conf probeall scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx ciao From: Russ Kepler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] loadable modules in 8.1 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:56:40 -0600 All, I'm an old hand to UNIX as well as Linux, but after not updating my system for 6+ years have now replaced my old hardware with new and grabbed a Mandrake 8.1 to go with. Most things are working OK, but one issue I'm having is that loading of scsi modules is somewhat spotty. After manually loading the scsi-mod it's now automatically loading on boot, but that's not happening with the advansys module - I have had to place a line in /etc/rc.local to load it, and even that's not reliable. Before I replace that line with (sleep 10; insmod advansys) tell me where I'm going wrong, please. Once that's solved I'll pester folks to help me understand why device permissions and owners keep changing on boot as well, and how to pin 'em down. -- Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] loadable modules in 8.1
This causes the modules to load AFTER the kernel has already loaded started, which may be problematic with some drives and SCSI adaptor combos. Mkinitrd causes the modules to be preloaded into so that the SCSI adaptors are seen by the kernel as being available at boot time, circumventing problems with say the root partition on a SCSI drive... -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of cc tsim |Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:00 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] loadable modules in 8.1 | | |Kernel modules to be loaded at boot time belong to |/etc/modules and their settings to /etc/modules.conf |My configuration entries for a scsi adapter | |In /etc/modules | |scsi_hostadapter | | |In /etc/modules.conf | |probeall scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx |alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx | | |ciao | |From: Russ Kepler [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] loadable modules in 8.1 |Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:56:40 -0600 | |All, | |I'm an old hand to UNIX as well as Linux, but after not updating my |system for 6+ years have now replaced my old hardware with new and |grabbed a Mandrake 8.1 to go with. Most things are working |OK, but one |issue I'm having is that loading of scsi modules is somewhat spotty. |After manually loading the scsi-mod it's now automatically loading on |boot, but that's not happening with the advansys module - I |have had to |place a line in /etc/rc.local to load it, and even that's not |reliable. |Before I replace that line with (sleep 10; insmod advansys) tell me |where I'm going wrong, please. | |Once that's solved I'll pester folks to help me understand why device |permissions and owners keep changing on boot as well, and how to pin |'em down. | |-- Russ | |Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? |Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | | |_ |Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at |http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] loadable modules in 8.1
On Wednesday 24 October 2001 03:59 am, you wrote: Kernel modules to be loaded at boot time belong to /etc/modules and their settings to /etc/modules.conf My configuration entries for a scsi adapter In /etc/modules scsi_hostadapter In /etc/modules.conf probeall scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx Thanks, that did the trick. I now have in /etc/modules scsi_hostadaptor and in /etc/modules.conf I have (among other things) probeall scsi_hostadaptor advansys alias scsi_hostadaptor advansys That seems to deal with things appropriately on boot. Thanks, all, for the pointers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
