On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Charles Galpin wrote:
> Thanks to all that responded
>
> Actually I just chickened out and compiled the aha1542 support into the
> kernel :0
>
It's always been my understanding that you can't boot from a SCSI
disk using a modular SCSI driver, because linux has to be able to
boot before it can read the module, and it can't read the module if
it's booting off a SCSI drive it needs the module to boot from. This
is why having the SCSI driver in the RAMDISK is such a good idea. If
you've got an INITRD with SCSI compiled in, then the system can boot
enough to load the kernel module off the disk.
However, you can get around this by not using the SCSI drive to boot
from -- either boot off an IDE drive or off a floppy. Either way, you
no longer have to be able to boot to read the module off the SCSI
drive. :-) You no longer have the Chicken & the Egg problem. :-)
John
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