What if you "/sbin/modprobe ncr53c8xx" before the mount commands?
Does ncr53c8xx require anything on the command line? What distribution is this? Grigsby, Garl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >Help. Well I just had a scsi card die in one of my linux servers. After >a fair about of digging about, I found a replacement, but it is not same >brand/model as the original card. I have done what I thought I needed to >do to get the system to automatically load the module for this card at >boot, but it refuses to do so. I can manually load the module and it >works. I can mount the drives, copy files, etc. but no matter what I do, >it refuses to load at boot. > >Originally I had a Buslogic BT-946C in the machine and my >/etc/modules.conf file looked like this: > >alias scsi hostadapter BusLogic >alias eth0 3c59x >alias parport lowlevel parport pc > >After installing the replacement card, a NCR 53c825, I modified the >/etc/modules.conf file to this: > >alias scsi hostadapter ncr53c8xx >alias eth0 3c59x >alias parport lowlevel parport pc > >The problem is I keep getting this message: > >kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi hostadapter, errno = 2 > >At this point the boot process halts (as it can't mount three disks) and >goes into maintenance mode. If at this point I run a 'insmod ncr53c8xx' >I can mount the missing disks and then switch to init 3 and everything >works. What am I missing?!? > >Please help, before I pull the rest of my hair out..... >Garl > > >======================================================================= >Garl R. Grigsby >Senior Customer Applications Engineer - I-DEAS CAE & FEMAP Support >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >EDS PLM Solutions Phone: (800)955-0000 >Global Technical Access Center FAX: (541) 342-8277 >1750 Willow Creek Circle Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Eugene, OR 97402 Internet: http://www.plmsol-eds.com >======================================================================= > -FEA makes a good engineer great, and a poor engineer dangerous- >======================================================================= > > -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. Cell 541-914-3985 FAX 240-371-7237 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Eugene, Or. 97402
