-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 31 October 2003 08:04 am, Michael D Schleif wrote: > A remote colleague has a debian system that has been running fine > with stock kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686; but, until now, *not* running > any SCSI devices. > > Last night, he added a SCSI cdrom and tape drive to the system. He > insists that the AIC-7980 controller lists the devices during post. > > dmesg does *not* show the controller; nor does scsi_devfs_scan. > > I have a system with similar scsi devices; but, different kernel: > > # cat /proc/modules | grep -i scsi > ide-scsi 10480 0 > ide-mod 98808 1 [ide-cd ide-probe-mod ide-scsi] > scsi_mod 94848 4 (autoclean) [st ide-scsi sd_mod > aic7xxx] > > His shows this: > > # cat /proc/modules | grep -i scsi > scsi_mod 84952 1 (autoclean) [sr_mod] > > Neither system has any aic7xxx listed in: > > /etc/modules > /etc/modules.conf > > I have built systems with scsi support from ground zero; but, I have > not added scsi to a non-scsi system. > > What are we missing?
Modules: scsi_mod = scsi support sd_mod = scsi disk support st = tape support sr_mod = cdrom In your case it looks like you need the tape & cdrom modules installed. Your kernel must have the aicxxx module compiled into the kernel. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/op2+k7rtxKWZzGsRAhIsAJ0WX14F4eOTzpov4Qq1ELb2pCvSUwCcDHWS TXySDyvbd6iKnz70GOifgkc= =23Ym -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]