Re: Howto load scsi emulation modules (2)
--- "ernst@vindal.com" <ernst@vindal.com> wrote:
> Joris Huizer wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > Thanks you all for the help on this subject I got
> -
> > unfortunately the cdrom drive is still not working
> > properly :-(
> > When I say :
> > mount /cdrom
> > I get the error message:
> > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
> >
> > When I do follow the lines of section 2.1
> (Quickstart)
> > of /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/CD-Writing-HOWTO,
> and I
> > use the given insmod commands, the mounting does
> work
> > (as /dev/scd0 is redefined by the scsi emulation)
> >
> > The section after that says: There are several
> ways
> > to load the modules next time you start up your
> > Linux system:
> >
> > (1) Put the relevant insmod command into
> the
> > startup sequence
> > (a shell script named rc.local or
> > equivalent).
> > (2a) Run kerneld or kmod and
> > (2b) configure them in /etc/modules.conf
> (to be
> > more precise,
> > you configure the utility modprobe,
> which
> > is called by the daemons)
> >
> > "
> >
> > However - I can't find the rc.local and the
> kerneld
> > and kmod don't seem to be there either (apt-cache
> > doesn't find much of it)
> >
> > As you recommended, I tried editing on my
> > configuration files as follows.
> >
> > In the /etc/modutilis/alias I added these lines:
> >
> > #start custom addons
> > options ide-cd ignore=hdc # tell
> the
> > ide-cd module to ignore hdc
> > alias scd0 sr_mod # load
> > sr_mod upon access of scd0
> > pre-install ide-scsi modprobe imm #
> > uncomment for some ZIP drives only
> > pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load
> > ide-scsi before sg
> > pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # load
> > ide-scsi before sr_mod
> > pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd # load
> > ide-cd before ide-scsi
> >
> > # end custom addons
> >
> > And I added the modules to /etc/modules - and set
> all
> > the relevant modules next to each other:
> > scsi_mod
> > sg
> > sr_mod
> > loop
> > iso9660
> > ide-scsi
> >
> > still, the cd won't run unless I do the insmod on
> the
> > modules manually ...
> >
> > During boot time I get error messages like
> > failed insmod sr_mod
> > but I can't include them as I can't find where
> they
> > are stored.
> > Can anybody point out to me where I could find
> these
> > error messages - they don't show up in
> > /var/log/kern.log
> >
> > Can you tell me how I can find out why the modules
> > aren't loaded during boot time?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Joris
> >
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>
> What happens if you put the "custom addons" in
> /etc/modules.conf.?
>
> When I used the 2.2 kernel I needed those options,
> but in
> /etc/modules.conf, now with 2.4.20 I don't ned it at
> all.
>
> --
> /ernst
>
Well, it's allready added to /etc/modules.conf. After
adding the extra info to /etc/modutilis/aliases, I
called 'update-modules' which is a program that puts
the files in /etc/modutilis into /etc/modules.conf (at
least, that's what it seems to do)
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