 | | | "error loading floppy " module in kernel 2.6.1-1.138 | "error loading floppy " module in kernel 2.6.1-1.138 2004-01-20 - By Cameron Mura
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Hello,
I 'm trying to install RH9 on a Dell Latitude D600 laptop, and in order
to take advantage of power management features, wireless chipset, etc.,
I 've played around with the 2.6.x kernels a bit. However, I 'm having 2
device-related troubles that are bugging the hell out of me -- the
laptop doesn 't have a floppy disk drive (but errors regarding the
'floppy ' module appear in the bootstream), but does have a CD-RW/DVD
drive (which isn 't working). I 'm wondering if anyone has seen this or
has any advice? So far, I 've done the following:
(1) install rh9 from CDs as usual (giving kernel 2.4.20-8)
(2) install the new kernel 2.6.1-1.138 source RPM from
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/,
as well as several
packages which are required for 2.6.x kernels
(initscripts-7.28-1.i386.rpm, modutils-2.4.25-10.i386.rpm, etc.)
(3) clean-up any crap in the build directory
(/usr/src/linux-2.6.1-1.138/, "make clean ", "make mrproper "), make minor
modifications to the .config via "make xconfig ", then build the kernel
( "make modules modules_install ") and install its image in /boot/, config
grub, ( "make install ") etc....
Then, when the PC reboots into the new kernel (2.6.1-1.138custom), I see
the following error repeated 3x immediately after the "Checking for new
hardware " line in the bootstream:
modprobe: WARNING: Error inserting floppy
(/lib/modules/2.6.1-1.138custom/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko): No such
device
This isn 't too surprising because the laptop doesn 't have a floppy
drive. However, when I comment-out the line "alias block-major-2
floppy " in /etc/modprobe.conf.dist, I still see this boot-up error.
Also, I made sure to specify the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD parameter from the
kernel build .config file as a module ( 'm ') and not to be compiled into
the kernel. So, I think I 'm missing something??
Two things to note are (1) this problem also seems to happen if I
install straight from the kernel source (from kernel.org) rather than
via the source RPM and (2) this is my first venture into the kernel, so
if I 'm fundamentally wrong about anything please let me know!
Thanks for any help,
Cameron
PS. In case anyone 's seen this -- the laptop 's CD/DVD drive also
doesn 't seem to be recognized by the 2.6.1 kernel (either my own build
or the untouched kernel-2.6.1-1.138 RPM), but I 'll either figure that
out myself or wait for another email...
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