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RE: Booting Linux using AHA2940UW (no IDE), with aic7xxx as modu



On 28-Nov-98 Udi Finkelstein 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.

>  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?

>  a. I don't want to reinstall my system for every minor change (like I have
>  to
>  with M$ products)

You call a trivial kernel recompilation "reinstall system"?!

>  b. I want to learn.

It's never too late :)

>  I understand that LILO loads the kernel through the AHA2940 BIOS INT13
>  support, but the question is: How is the ramdisk loaded? Is it loaded by the
>  kernel driver (in which case the module must be compiled into the kernel),
>  or
>  is the ramdisk also loaded by the BIOS (in which case, it should be possible
>  to load the boot device driver as a module).

Once kernel is loaded, BIOS is not used at all.

Regards,

Evgeny

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