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[mjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Martin Jackson)]

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I had the same problem with 2.2 a couple weeks ago.

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<LI>To</em>: Germano Rizzo <<A HREF="mailto:g.rizzo@xxxxxxx";>g.rizzo@xxxxxxx</A>></LI>
<LI>Subject</em>: Re: R: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2</LI>
<LI>From</em>: Martin Jackson <<A HREF="mailto:mjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>mjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>></LI>
<LI>Date</em>: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 22:49:32 -0600</LI>
<LI>References</em>: <<A HREF="msg00561.html">002e01be69e5$da6c23e0$7cc34ec3@gg</A>></LI>
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Germano Rizzo wrote:
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> >When I boot 2.2.2 I get the following message:
> >modprobe: can't locate module char-major-4
> >How can I fix this?
>     Me, too. the message repeats 30-40 times very quickly, and is followed
> by a green 'done'. However, it seems to work perfectly, so...
>     Germano

You compiled serial support directly into the kernel instead of as a
module (this is a 2.2 default).  You can turn off the annoying "cannot
find" message by finding a line in /etc/conf.modules which looks like:

alias	char-major-4	serial

and changing "serial" to "off" like so:

alias	char-major-4	off

This will keep modprobe from looking for serial as a module.  I had the
same problem, and found it quite alarming <g>.

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Martin Jackson: mjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Computer & Information Science Major
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Linux....the penguins are coming!
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