On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 22:54 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:

On 6 Sep 2005 at 18:13, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

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You will have to select the correct module for your controler, and configure it (/etc/modprobe.conf). lspci might give you the information you need to get started.

Perhaps I am using the wrong terminology for my request. I am seeking assistance in configuring linux to recognize and use a scsi tape drive. The scsi controller was added to this system for the sole purpose of supporting the tape unit long after the os was loaded. I do not know how to tell the linux kernel to select and load the necessary module to access the scsi controller and thence the tape drive. That is why I sought a cookbook solution to this problem. There must be somewhere, a well defined series of steps that one goes through to identify, select, and configure the appropriate module for a specific scsi adapter. I lack this knowledge and this is what I seek.

lspci yields this:

05:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Initio Corporation 360P (rev 02)

/etc/modeprobe.conf contains this:

alias eth0 e100 alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 alias usb-controller ehci-hcd alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd

SO. What do I put into modprobe.conf to get the system to recognize the scsi controller? Is there a utility to detect and do this? I appreciate all the assistance but I need a more basic, step by step, explanation of how to go about this.

Jim-

If you run kudzu (Redhat's hardware config utility) by hand as root, does it see the card and attempt to configure it? kudzu should generate the proper magic in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and in /etc/modprobe.conf. Based on a quick google, this should be supported by the initio module.

If kudzu fails to do the magic, try

modprobe initio

You could also add an entry to /etc/modprobe.conf

alias scsi_hostadapter initio

modprobe scsi_hostadapter