RE: [PLUG] SCSI module not loading

[George Gallen <ggallen@slackinc.com>]

Title: RE: [PLUG] SCSI module not loading

can you put it in the S99local file under /etc/rcx.d ?

My 7.1 RH system has the same problem, I have to manually
insmod after booting. (using the same driver).

George

>-----Original Message-----
>From: eric@lucii.org [mailto:eric@lucii.org]
>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:45 PM
>To: PLUG
>Subject: [PLUG] SCSI module not loading
>
>
>I cannot figure out the /etc/modules.conf file or why I even need to...
>
>Situation:  I've got an Exabyte external SCSI backup drive that I want
>to connect to my RH9 workstation.  On booting, I discover there are
>no valid SCSI tape devices.  lsmod gives me these relevant entries:
>
>ide-scsi               12208   0
>scsi_mod              107544   2  [ide-scsi]
>
>I figured out that I can manually insert the correct module
>and viola! I
>can see the SCSI tape now:
>
>$ insmod aic7xxx
>Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-20.9/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o
>$
>
>(it does this because I modified the modules.conf file to alias the
>aic7xxx module... otherwise, it does NOT load the aic7xxx
>module without
>the absolute path.)
>
>My problem is, every time I reboot, I have to manually tell it to use
>that module.  How do I tell it (via modules.conf?) to load it
>automatically on boot?
>
>Here is the current modules.conf:
>
>alias eth0 tulip
>alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>alias usb-controller1 usb-uhci
>alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
>post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc
>-L >/dev/null 2>&1
>pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
>>/dev/null 2>&1 |
>alias scsi_hostadapter
>/lib/modules/2.4.20-20.9/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o
>alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>
>Perhaps the "scsi_hostadapter" line causes me the problem?
>
>I tried it with:
>alias aic7xxx
>/lib/modules/2.4.20-20.9/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o
>alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
>
>and got the same results.
>The scsi_hostadapter line was there initially but I added the
>"alias aix7xxx..." line.
>
>Any thoughts are appreciated :-)
>
>Eric
>--
>#  Eric Lucas
>#     "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
>#      And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
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