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Re: Boot Module Error Message



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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> I just did a fresh install of Debian 2.2 When I boot the system I get
> the following error:

It's a non-fatal warning that can safely be ignored

> insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/unix.o: cannot create
> /var/log/ksymoops/20001201182539.ksyms Read-only file system
>
> Any one know what this is about?

It's long and complex...

>
> How to fix or remove.

Compile a custom modutils package that has the printf statement commented
out.

I have one such package at
http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/modutils_2.3.21-1.1_i386.deb

> What is "unix.o" module?  Is it needed?

unix.o implements unix domain sockets on a Linux system.  There isn't much
that will work without it.

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