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[grudd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (greg rudd)]

On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Kevin Stevens wrote:

> I'm having trouble understanding the correct use of modules with my 6.2
> system.
> 
> I have an IDE-based system which works fine with the default kernel; it
> boots off the internal IDE drive, mounts the ATAPI CDROM, etc.  Life is
> good.
> 
> What I'm trying to do is to add two external SCSI CD-changers connected to
> an Adaptec 7940 controller.  These changers are installed as IDs 3 and 4,
> and respond to LUN 1-7 to access the different disks.
> 
> My situation thus far is that I can load the aic7xxx module manually with
> the modprobe command.  I put entries in fstab for /dev/scd0-13, referencing
> names /cd1/1, /cd1/2,.../cd2/1...  I created corresponding directories for
> the mount points.  I can then mount the cds manually, and access the data on
> each with no problem.
> 
> What I *can't* do is figure out how to load the module automatically.  If I
> put an entry in conf.modules, and reboot, it doesn't get loaded.  I get the
> "scsi : 0 hosts" and "scsi : detected total" messages.  I'm not sure what
> the proper alias is, but nothing seems to work.  Conf.modules had an entry
> "alias scsi_hostadapter no" in it; neither remarking it out nor changing the
> "no" to "aic7xxx" made any difference.  When I load the module manually, the
> warn log references a scsi0 device that the CDs are attached to; I don't
> know where that name came from, but using it as an alias in conf.modules
> doesn't get the job done, either.
> 
> Using an append=aic7xxx LILO parameter doesn't work, and that doesn't seem
> to be the correct approach, anyway.  Likewise, changing the kernel to the
> Adaptec one shouldn't be correct, and isn't as the system fails to boot
> (logically, since there's no boot device attached to the Adaptec).
> 
> I've now officially run out of talent.  I suspect that there is some
> additional work required to cause a module to be auto-loaded at startup,
> other than creating the conf.modules entry.  Or, I have the format
> incorrect.  I don't think this is a problem with the Adaptec BIOS not
> loading and needing to be forced, since it has no problem being detected
> with a manual load.  Thoughts??
> 
> KeS
> 

The scsi module can be loaded from: /etc/rc.d/boot.local

add the following line to this file:

/sbin/modprobe aic7xxx

Greg
 
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