Alexander Georgiev wrote: > Hi people, > > I installed a via SATA controller in a CentOS release 3.8 (Final) - I > needed additional disk space. After the first boot, the kudzu service, > added the following line to /etc/modules.conf: > > alias scsi_hostadapter sata_via > > and I rebooted. After reboot in dmesg one can see: > > scsi0 : sata_via > scsi1 : sata_via > Vendor: ATA Model: SAMSUNG HD080HJ Rev: WT10 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > SCSI device sda: 156301488 512-byte hdwr sectors (80026 MB) > sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 > sda3 > scsi : 0 hosts left > > But the /dev/sda device is not present in the system. If I issue the > command: > > > [root at bdc root]# fdisk /dev/sda > > Unable to open /dev/sda > > > I found out that if at that point I issue the command: > > [root at bdc root]# modprobe scsi_hostadapter > > the /dev/sda is inserted in the system and I can access it using > fdisk. It appears to me that scsi_hostadapter is initially loaded > during boot, later unloaded - therefore the drive is missing. > > Currently I patch the situation with a file /etc/rc.modules with the > following contents: > > #! /bin/sh > > modprobe scsi_hostadapter > > However I assume that this is not the correct way to fix this. Maybe I > need additional lines in modules.conf? > > Best regards, > alex Alex, Possibly rebuilding your inird will correct this. I'm not sure if kudzu does this or not, but mkinitrd will add the correct scsi_hostadapter to the modules that gets loaded as part of the initial RAMDISK (see the man mkinitrd). Bob...