Re: block-major-xx

[Greg Zornetzer]

On Sun, 16 May 1999, Jeff - wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Are there any documentation which list the actual module
> name associated with block-major-xx, ie. block-major-8?
> After rebooting with a monolithic kernel, I get the
> following error message:
> 
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno 2
> 
> Is block-major-8 an alias for a particular module name?
> If so, how can I find out the actual name.

run /sbin/modprobe -c
it will give you a listing of all of the currently entered aliases in
modprobe's configuration.  block-major-8 is the scsi disk driver.  Errno 2
is ENOENT according to /usr/src/linux/asm/errno.h - it means that the file
could not be found.  Two possibilities here:  is modprobe installed, or is
your root fs getting mounted properly?  If your root fs is on a scsi hard
drive, scsi disk support must be compiled in.  Are you playing games with
initrd?

> 
> Jeff

Good luck,

Greg Zornetzer - [e-mail]
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