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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:42 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Modules question
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 13:29, Thomas E. Dukes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> About a year ago, I installed an ide CDRW. I added the following
> lines to
> modules.conf:
>
> options ide-cd ignore=hdb
> pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg
> pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod
> pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd # load ide-cd before ide-scsi
>
> Since upgrading from RH 9 to FC 2, I now get "fatal error"
at boot up
> for sg module. What is the sg module? The reason I ask is
that under
> RH 9, I always got an error about sound. My mother board does not
> have sound nor do I have a sound card. So I'm sure that's
why I got
> the sound error under RH 9.
>
> Is the sg module for sound? If so, can I comment it out without
> affecting the operation of the CDRW?
"sg" is "scsi generic", commonly used for things like scanners.
2.6 kernels, unlike 2.4 kernels, do not require ide-scsi to
burn to ATAPI CD writers. The 2.6 kernel also uses
modprobe.conf rather than modules.conf; you shouldn't need
any of the lines above in your modprobe.conf file.
Hi Paul,
Thanks.
So I don't need the modules.conf file at all?
In modprobe.conf they are a different. I didn't add these, they were
already there.
options ide-cd ignore=hdb # tell the ide-cd module to ignore hdb
alias scd0 sr_mod
install ide-scsi { modprobe ide-cd # load ide-cd before ide-scsi; } ;
/sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install ide-scsi
install sg { modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg; } ; /sbin/modprobe
--first-time --ignore-install sg
install sr_mod { modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod; } ;
/sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sr_mod
So, these are OK to delete or comment out?
Thanks