System is Dell Inspiron 8100 w/ Suse 8.0 and KDE 3.0.1 all updated with YaST2 as of last Friday. I have tried the following with no success in run levels 3 & 5 to be able to mount ieee1394 firewire harddisk: (during boot, messages say modules are loaded) In /etc/modules.conf added the following lines: pre-install ohci1394 modprobe ieee1394 pre-install sbp2 modprobe ohci1394 Then in the /etc/init.d/boot.local file I added: modprobe sbp2 No results In /etc/init.d/boot.local insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 no results In /etc/init.d/boot.local insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod sdp2 no results In /etc/init.d/boot.local insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod raw1394 insmod sdp2 no results In /etc/init.d/boot.local modprobe ieee1394 modprobe ohci1394 no results In /etc/init.d/boot.local modprobe ieee1394 modprobe ohci1394 modprobe sbp2 no results I can enter any of the following from the console, then fdisk -l shows /dev/sda1 and I and mount the drive: insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod raw1394 insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod raw1394 insmod sbp2 (will say spd2 module is already installed. insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod sbp2 (will say sbp2 module is already installed. modprobe ieee1394 modprobe ohci1394 modprobe ieee1394 modprobe ohci1394 modprobe raw1394 modprobe ieee1394 modprobe ohci1394 modprobe raw1394 modprobe sbp2 Does anyone have a solution to the puzzle? If so, please let me know, I have run out of things to try and found now info on the suse website or no further info on google internet search. Also tried everything at www.ieee1394.org with no success. Art -----Original Message----- From: Art Fore [mailto:art_fore@3mts.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:49 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] insmod & Firewire Harddrive Found one article on the internet and tried it: In /etc/modules.conf added the following lines: pre-install ohci1394 modprobe ieee1394 pre-install sbp2 modprobe ohci1394 Then in the /etc/init.d/boot.local file I added: insmod sbp2 After rebooting, still get invalid block device error. If I try insmod on all of the modules, it says they are already installed. Just another puzzle. Art -----Original Message----- From: Art Fore [mailto:art_fore@3mts.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:17 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] insmod & Firewire Harddrive I added the following lines to the /etc/init.d/boot.local insmod ieee1394 insmod ohci1394 insmod raw1394 insmod sbp2 When I reboot, during boot it comes up with messages using library xxxxx.o for each line. When I do fdisk -1 after boot, the firewire drive is not there. If I do not have these line in the boot.local file, then I can enter the insmod commands shown above, and then I can see the firewire drive. It also does not work if I use modprobe. Could any explain why this does not work and a solution for it? I did not try the modules.conf file as it was far too complex for a non-programmer like me. Art -----Original Message----- From: Anders Johansson [mailto:andjoh@cicada.linux-site.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:06 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] insmod On Tuesday 25 June 2002 18.03, Art Fore wrote:
On previous thread I said the firwire harddrive problem was solved. It was until I rebooted. How can I get the insmod ochi1394 and insmod ieee1394 to hold permanently? I am rather new to Linux and still learning.
You could probably put a line or two in /etc/modules.conf, but the simplest solution is to put the insmod lines in /etc/init.d/boot.local. That gets run as the very first thing on bootup. regards Anders -- `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'