Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Dec 1998 11:02:48 -0700 | From | Vern Hoxie <> | Subject | Re: IDE -> ATA DISK |
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On 4 Dec 1998, Riley Williams wrote:
lengthy description of multiple system administrators truncated.
> Q> The new sysadmin is browsing through the kernel configuration > Q> to see whether it can be reduced in size since memory is tight, > Q> and notices that the SCSI subsystem is compiled in, although > Q> none of the systems have SCSI drives fitted. He therefore > Q> deselects it and recompiles the kernel without support for > Q> it, then puts the recompiled kernel as the one to use. He does > Q> NOT delete the ppa.o module since he didn't notice it in the > Q> first place.
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> The system administrator was CORRECTLY trusted, and acted in what > (s)he thought was the best interest of all concerned. However, the > actions taken were WRONG!
The kernel Makefile should be modified:
from" modules_install: @( \ MODLIB=/lib/modules/$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL); \ cd modules; \ MODULES=""; \ .... to: modules_install: @( \ MODLIB=/lib/modules/$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL); \ if [ -d $MODLIB ] then rm -r $MODLIB; fi; \ cd modules; \ MODULES=""; \ ....
He will hear from the zip drive user's forthwith but there will not be any incompatible errors messages.
vern
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