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Bug#142359: boot-floppies: Error messages from modprobe during boot



tag 142359 -unreproducible
thanks

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 07:48:25PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> Oliver Elphick wrote on Thu Apr 11, 2002 um 02:40:28PM:
> 
> > On an old 486, many messages like this were seen while booting the
> > default installation root.bin:
> > 
> >   modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.2.20/modules.dep 
> 
> I guess you have a hardware problem or made something wrong (e.g.
> rerun the installation with another flavor, not reinstalling
> kernel&modules).

This is an old problem.  The kernel tries to load a module while
booting.  Since the kernel and modules aren't installed, it
fails, spamming the console as it retries.  On new machines,
dbootstrap hides these messages before most users notice them.

Matt

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