[PLUG] SCSI module not loading

["eric@lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org>]

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...
#                             -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group         --        http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug