[plug] Module/Kernel problem

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Craig Dyke wrote:

> Everytime I run lilo after compiling my kernel i get an
> error message stating
> 
> modprobe can't locate block-major-3
> 
> This doesn't seem to effect lilo from updating ( I think )
> 
> Only reference I could find was in ide.txt under doco which talked about
> an alias
> 
>     alias block-major-3 ide-probe
> 
> Now I know i don't have a module called ide-probe.

Block device major# 3 is the IDE subsystem.  I can see 3 options:
1. You have an IDE system and it is working.
    If this is the case then just set:
      alias block-major-3 off
    and depmod -a

2. You have a complete SCSI system and dont need IDE support.
    If this is the case then just set:
      alias block-major-3 off
    and depmod -a

3. You have a complete SCSI system and need IDE support (sometimes).
    Then you need to do as the readme says:	
	alias block-major-3 ide-probe
    or under kernel 2.4
	alias block-major-3 ide-probe-mod
    and depmod -a

If you don't have an appropriate ide-probe module then you may need to rebuild
your kernel.


Yours Tony

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