On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 11:10:04PM +1200, cr wrote: > On Tuesday 08 July 2003 01:33, Pigeon wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:23:25PM +1200, cr wrote: > > > I believe I also probably need sg and sr_mod. Can they also be loaded > > > via modprobe? And - this is probably a stupid question but, where would > > > I find these modules - sg, sr_mod and ide-scsi? insmod can't find > > > them - > > > > > > insmod: sg: no module by that name found > > > > > > I can't find them anywhere on my system, nor listed by name on the > > > complete Debian Woody CD-rom contents list that I keep handy. > > > > Unless someone pops up saying "Debian kernel version xxxxxx does > > contain these", sounds like you'll need to compile a new kernel, with > > SCSI generic support, SCSI CD-ROM support and SCSI emulation enabled > > as modules. (Just to confuse you, SCSI emulation is listed under > > ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support, rather than under SCSI support.) > > > > How to do this sort of thing, while retaining all your existing > > settings, has been discussed recently; search the list archives with > > "oldconfig" among your keywords. > > > > Mind you, I'd be rather shocked if there wasn't a Debian kernel with > > these modules already included. I always build my own kernels direct > > from kernel.org sources, so I don't know what the options are for > > stock Debian kernels, but doubtless someone else on the list does! > > I'd be surprised if one of the stock kernels on the CD's didn't include ide > cd-rom support, considering that *every* PC these days has a cd-rom drive.
"IDE CD-ROM support" is not the same as "ide-scsi emulation". > In fact I've just managed to find a document I stashed called 'images.html' > that says: > > idepci image: > The idepci flavor contains a kernel with only IDE and PCI support. It > is geared towards modern PCs without SCSI controllers. If you have > SCSI, you should be using the 'compact' flavor rather than this one. That's talking about real SCSI, with a SCSI controller card talking to devices over a SCSI bus. Again, not the same as ide-scsi. > So, is the vmlinuz kernel just the /idepci/linux.bin file copied and renamed? > If I just do the same with .../current/linux.bin and rename it > appropriately (and adjust Grub's menu.lst file) will it work? > (More importantly, if it doesn't, will it break things? ) Wrong way of doing it. apt-get install kernel-package-whatever is the way to install a new kernel. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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