[ale] Fedora scsi module

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Tue Jul 19 11:02:41 EDT 2005


On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 08:30 -0400, Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 23:15 -0400, Cor van Dijk wrote:
> > 
> > Hmm. My 2.6.11 stock kernel does not have the advansys module either.
> > Now that I recall, I had to compile the kernel for my laptop (it has the
> > advansys scsi PC card for making tape backups on site).
> > 
> > Get the full source tarball and use the /boot/config file from the rpm
> > version. Then tweak it to include the advansys module. Then "make
> > modules" and "make modules_install".
> 
> advansys is included in newer FC-4 kernels (at least 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 and 
> up). Just update the box or install using the rawhide tree if it's a new 
> install

Ah. Great! Now all I need to do is replace the hard drive in my laptop
(it _finally_ died) and rework the thinkpad with RH4. Thanks Chris!
> 
> later,
> chris
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