Originally to: Tor Sigurdsson Hello Tor! maandag 18 juni 2001, om 23:14 23:14, Tor Sigurdsson wrote to Kees Bergwerf:

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aic7xxx, I can mount the drive. I have put in rc.config

alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

TS> That line should go into /etc/modules.conf not /etc/rc.config oops, sorry, yes, it is in modeles.conf. In rc.config is a line: INITRD_MODULES="aic7xxx usbcore" what has aic7xxx to do with usb ? Kees <-> Information This message originated from a Fidonet system and was gated at There Can Only be 1 (http://www.tcob1.net) For information of Fidonet visit http://www.fidonet.org Please do not respond direct to this message.

Originally to: StarTux Hello Matt! dinsdag 19 juni 2001, om 14:56 14:56, StarTux wrote to Kees Bergwerf: S> Initrd will load the module, therefore it has the scsi paramters up S> and running for the kernel to read it when it needs to. Ok, I understand that, but why does my scsi player not work after boot? This is in boot.msg: [..] <6>SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 <4>3w-xxxx: tw_findcards(): No cards found. <3>request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted <3>request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted <3>request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted [..] Mounting local file systems... [..] /dev/hdc8 on /os2/j type hpfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=22) modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-11 mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/sr0 I will try all types mentioned in /etc/filesystems and /proc/filesystems Trying vfat modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-11 Trying msdos modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-11 mount: /dev/sr0: unknown device [..] Why is /dev/sr0 an unknown device? Kees <-> Information This message originated from a Fidonet system and was gated at There Can Only be 1 (http://www.tcob1.net) For information of Fidonet visit http://www.fidonet.org Please do not respond direct to this message.

Originally to: Rafael Herrera Hello Rafael! woensdag 20 juni 2001, om 20:25 20:25, Rafael Herrera wrote to Kees Bergwerf: RH> what did you put in your modules.conf and rc.config? In modules.conf, I made this line active: alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx In rc.config I did nothing, but I found a line: INITRD_MODULES="aic7xxx usbcore" I don't know when aic7xxx was added. So what's next :-) Kees <-> Information This message originated from a Fidonet system and was gated at There Can Only be 1 (http://www.tcob1.net) For information of Fidonet visit http://www.fidonet.org Please do not respond direct to this message.

Rafael Herrera wrote:

Kees Bergwerf wrote:

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Originally to: Rafael Herrera woensdag 20 juni 2001, om 20:25 20:25, Rafael Herrera wrote to Kees Bergwerf: RH> what did you put in your modules.conf and rc.config? In modules.conf, I made this line active:

alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

I don't know if this line has any effect. When I used in the past had no noticeable result.

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In rc.config I did nothing, but I found a line:

INITRD_MODULES="aic7xxx usbcore"

I don't know when aic7xxx was added.

This line is generated when you install SuSE. I don't if the config tools modify it. In any case, this is used by a script called mk_initrd, a utility to be used to configure your boot process.

Try this:

- install the new kernel (you did this already, right?) - run 'mk_initrd' - run 'lilo' - re-boot the machine.

With 7.2, be careful....Seems more modular. I managed to get the rootfs not found etc message when doing this (no big deal, just boot off of CD 2 and enter linux yast1, then start installation, boot installed system). If you doubt that scsi_hostadapter line, ignore it for now. In /etc/rc.config find the line called INITRD, this will list your initrd modules that need to be loaded before the rest of the load. In the appropriate place, along with the other modules, enter this: ide-scsi Save and the type: mk_initrd Then lilo reboot StarTux

Kees Bergwerf wrote:

Originally to: StarTux

Hello StarTux!

zaterdag 23 juni 2001, om 19:34 19:34, StarTux wrote to Rafael Herrera:

S> In /etc/rc.config find the line called INITRD,

S> enter this: ide-scsi

S> Save and the type:

etc..

did not work :-( I get still the 'unknown device: /dev/sr0' message

Kees

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So after placing ide-scsi in the INITRD section you typed mk_initrd and then lilo and still did not work after reboot? Matt

Kees Bergwerf wrote:

S> So after placing ide-scsi in the INITRD section you typed mk_initrd S> and then lilo and still did not work after reboot?

in rc.config:

INITRD_MODULES="aic7xxx usbcore ide-scsi"

after mk_initrd lilo.conf is never changed, so what is the purpose of running lilo ?

mk_initrd creates the file /boot/initrd. It is part of the lilo boot mechanism, you have to run lilo if you create one. You lilo.conf entry should look like this: image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/sda2 label = linux initrd=/boot/initrd

I still have to use modprobe to activate the scsi driver. It is not that bad.. at least it works, but it would be nice.. if that cd player works right after starting up.

Where are my drives mounted? Perhaps I can place a 'modprobe aic7xxx' before that.

You don't need to install aic7xxx again, the initrd file should have done it at boot. I lost the beginning of this thread, why are loading aic7xxx? Do you have SCSI devices that need it? why are you loading ide-scsi? -- Rafael Herrera Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~raffo

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