[NTLUG:Discuss] Adaptec 2930 under RH6.2

[Randall Gibson]

the file /etc/modules contains modules auto loaded at boot time. (May be
moved on RH)
You could also re-compile the kernel with the module in. 

On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 20:33:28 Rusty Haddock wrote:
> I'm posting this for a friend of mine.  If you can help, we'd appreciate
> it. 
> 
> Seems my friend has an older PC (I'm sure of Pentium flavor -- he didn't
> say) and he's trying to get an Adaptec 2930 to work with RH 6.2.  As he
> says,
> 
>     "Surprisingly enough, the kernel doesn't detect it, and I can't
>     figure out how to force load the aic7xxx module that's supposed
>     to support it.  Seems to work if I modprobe it manually......<sigh>"
> 
> It's a PCI version and the RH documents say that the controller is
> compatible.  I'll presume :-) that means it should work.  The machine
> is booting from an IDE hard drive, not through the Adaptec board. 
> 
> Is there anyone out there who might have some experience with this
> board and offer some suggests to getting the board detected without
> the modprobe?
> 
> 	-Rusty-
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