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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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