Re: Adding scsi devices ???
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On Friday 31 October 2003 08:04 am, Michael D Schleif wrote:
> A remote colleague has a debian system that has been running fine
> with stock kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686; but, until now, *not* running
> any SCSI devices.
>
> Last night, he added a SCSI cdrom and tape drive to the system. He
> insists that the AIC-7980 controller lists the devices during post.
>
> dmesg does *not* show the controller; nor does scsi_devfs_scan.
>
> I have a system with similar scsi devices; but, different kernel:
>
> # cat /proc/modules | grep -i scsi
> ide-scsi 10480 0
> ide-mod 98808 1 [ide-cd ide-probe-mod ide-scsi]
> scsi_mod 94848 4 (autoclean) [st ide-scsi sd_mod
> aic7xxx]
>
> His shows this:
>
> # cat /proc/modules | grep -i scsi
> scsi_mod 84952 1 (autoclean) [sr_mod]
>
> Neither system has any aic7xxx listed in:
>
> /etc/modules
> /etc/modules.conf
>
> I have built systems with scsi support from ground zero; but, I have
> not added scsi to a non-scsi system.
>
> What are we missing?
Modules:
scsi_mod = scsi support
sd_mod = scsi disk support
st = tape support
sr_mod = cdrom
In your case it looks like you need the tape & cdrom modules installed.
Your kernel must have the aicxxx module compiled into the kernel.
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Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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