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RE[2]: Booting Linux using AHA2940UW (no IDE), with aic7xxx as modu
"Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo" <frodo@sharat.co.il> wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if it's possible to boot a SCSI based Linux system
> > > with the
> > > SCSI driver (aix7xxx.o in my case) compiled as a module? My
> > > SCSI card has a BIOS support.
> >
> > No.
>
> Wrong. Surely yes.
>
> >
> > > As I have to boot from my SCSI disks, I wonder if I can use the
> aic7xxx.o
> > > driver as a module. I've tried that, but so far, no success. (I've
> modified
> > > the boot ram disk image,
> >
> > ?? Why do you need a RAM disk when booting off a HD?
>
> Exacttly because of this. You need initial RAM disk when you have root
> filesystem to be supported by kernel module.
So I repeat my question again: where does the file system (its contents, in
particular, the SCSI module) on the RAM disk come from?!
Regards,
Evgeny
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