Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-24 Thread Arthur Marsh
Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-24 01:29: On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:05 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-23 00:50: OK, there are a couple of things to check. First of all, make sure you have MODULES=most listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf. grep -v

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-24 Thread Arthur Marsh
Stephen Powell wrote, on 24/03/10 01:29: On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:05 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-23 00:50: OK, there are a couple of things to check. First of all, make sure you have MODULES=most listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf. grep -v \#

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:05:13 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Why shouldn't the eata driver be loaded once the PCI bus has been scanned and a device that the eata driver knows about [1044:a400] in this case is detected? 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec (formerly DPT)

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-24 Thread Arthur Marsh
Stephen Powell wrote, on 25/03/10 02:47: On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:05:13 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Why shouldn't the eata driver be loaded once the PCI bus has been scanned and a device that the eata driver knows about [1044:a400] in this case is detected? 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller

[SOLVED] SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:23:28 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Stephen Powell wrote, on 25/03/10 02:47: In the case of eata, the best way to handle the situation is to create an external alias. What I would do is to create a file called /etc/modprobe.d/local. In it I would put the following

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-23 Thread Arthur Marsh
Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-23 00:50: OK, there are a couple of things to check. First of all, make sure you have MODULES=most listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf. grep -v \# /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf|uniq MODULES=most BUSYBOX=y KEYMAP=n BOOT=local DEVICE=eth0

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:05 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Stephen Powell wrote, on 2010-03-23 00:50: OK, there are a couple of things to check. First of all, make sure you have MODULES=most listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf. grep -v \#

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-22 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:50:57 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:28:24 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:25:45 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I have a DPT 2044W SCSI adaptor in this pc for a non-boot disk ... So what's the problem? The

SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-21 Thread Arthur Marsh
Hi, I have a DPT 2044W SCSI adaptor in this pc for a non-boot disk, and previously had it working fine with dependency-based booting with the required SCSI module eata listed in /etc/modules, all under Debian Sid on i386. Module eata would load about 4 seconds into the boot before the INIT

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-21 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:25:45 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I have a DPT 2044W SCSI adaptor in this pc for a non-boot disk ... Your post is quite long; and after reading it twice, I still don't understand exactly what your question is or what problem you are trying to solve. I would

Re: SCSI module eata no longer loading automatically from initrd on Sid on i386

2010-03-21 Thread Arthur Marsh
Stephen Powell wrote, on 21/03/10 21:58: On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:25:45 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I have a DPT 2044W SCSI adaptor in this pc for a non-boot disk ... Your post is quite long; and after reading it twice, I still don't understand exactly what your question is or what