Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Jul 1996 14:18:01 -0400 | From | Bob McCracken <> | Subject | Post-2.0.8 kernels won't load the floppy module |
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As of kernel 2.0.9 and 2.0.10, "modprobe floppy" never returns, and my system locks solid. The modprobe used is from the modules-2.0.0 package, and it has NO problems with my other modules, which are: 8390, binfmt_aout, dummy, ftape, isofs, loop, lp, minix, ne, nfs, xiafs.
I tried the command "insmod -vs floppy.o", but since the disk becomes and remains busy till I hit the reset, I got only this in /var/log/syslog:
Jul 27 13:51:44 kerouac insmod: Section 1: (.text) at 0x8053650
Because neither .9 nor .10 make any changes to floppy.c, I have to assume that the problem originates elsewhere in the kernel, some change having been made after 2.0.8 that floppy.o doesn't know about.
This is pretty mysterious, and I'd mail the current floppy maintainer directly, if I knew who that was.
So ... any ideas, anyone?
- Bob McCracken kerouac@ssnet.com
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