[CentOS] SCSI controller setup

Fri Sep 9 19:24:26 UTC 2005
Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:10:02PM -0400, James B. Byrne enlightened us:
> > Yeah, you're pretty well on the right track. Try running
> > modprobe initio
> > 
> > as root. Then run dmesg to see if it reports success. Should see
> > something similar to:
> 
> 
> # modprobe -v initio
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi/initio.ko
> 
> #dmesg
> i91u: Reset SCSI Bus ...
> scsi0 : Initio INI-9X00U/UW SCSI device driver; Revision: 1.04a
>   Vendor: BNCHMARK  Model: DLT1              Rev: 5E40
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
> st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B), max page reachable by 
> HBA 1048575
> 
> So. That seems to have worked.  What is the precise line to put 
> into /etc/modprobe?  Should it go at the start or the end of the 
> file or does it much matter?
> 

Doesn't matter where, but 

alias scsi_hostadapter initio

should do it. 

Matt

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