SCSI boot and loopback device

2001-03-13 Thread Scott E . Graves
Why is it necessary to have the loopback device in order to boot Linux from a SCSI controller? I've been searching for the answer, but can't seem to find any information. Scott

Re: SCSI boot and loopback device

2001-03-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:13:45AM -0600, Scott E. Graves wrote: Why is it necessary to have the loopback device in order to boot Linux from a SCSI controller? I've been searching for the answer, but can't seem to find any information. Why do you think it's necessary? I have at least one

Re: SCSI boot and loopback device

2001-03-13 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, maybe you have an initial ramdisk which contains the module for your scsi controller. If not, compile the same kernle, without the loopback device, and see what goes wrong. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Scott E.Graves wrote: Why is it necessary to have the loopback device in