You wouldn't want Mandrake on a server. Redhat maybe. Slackware for sure.
Linux Rocks ! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >RedHat... ok... They probably have the equivilent somewhere, but being a >non-RH'er I couldnt say where. maybe locate rc.modules? or look for >conf.modules as well as modules.conf... it seems to me RH did something like >that. You might also consult RH documentation for where modules are actually >loaded. It could be that its all in the rc.sysinit... but it sounds like a >good reason to upgrade to Mandrake (or slackware for that matter!). >BTW, Mike (mro) seems to be pretty darn hip to that redhat thing... maybe >he'll chime in :) > >Jamie > >Sometime just before Thursday 18 July 2002 08:01 am Grigsby, Garl Wrote >about:[EUG-LUG:3487] Re: Help with loading modules >: No such animal. It appears that Redhat has moved most of the stuff that >: was in the rc.modules to rc.sysinit, but I cannot find the section that >: deals with loading the scsi driver. >: >: Garl >: >: -----Original Message----- >: From: Linux Rocks ! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >: Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 8:43 PM >: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >: Subject: [EUG-LUG:3480] Re: Help with loading modules >: >: >: Garl, >: So... youve edited your /etc/modules.conf to reflect the change, >: do you need >: to edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to load the correct modules? >: /etc/modules.conf is only configurations for all your modules, the >: actual >: loading of modules happens in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. >: >: Jamie >: >: Sometime just before Wednesday 17 July 2002 07:15 pm Grigsby, Garl Wrote >: about:[EUG-LUG:3477] Help with loading modules >: >: : 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- >: >: ======================================================================= > > >
