Re: [TCLUG:6968] RH 6.0 Hanging

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

Insert the proper module information into /etc/conf.modules for your zip
drive to have them load at boot time.

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Peter Lukas wrote:

> `make xconfig` has never worked as well as some of the other make-ables.
> As for the zip drive business, consult the HowTo's for them.  The zip-plus
> drives require a patch (also mentioned in the howto).  Your make bzimage
> and make zimage is most likely due to the lack of bin86 installed.
> Installing this package may fix the problem.  Check with:
> `rpm -qa | grep bin86`
> 
> Peter Lukas
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Steve Siegfried wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Not sure what's causing your other problems, but "make xconfig" is BROKEN
> > in 6.0, as it leaves some stuff undefined that an identical "make config"
> > or "make menuconfig" will define.  This may be the cause behind why your
> > makes don't work properly.
> > 
> > 
> > Barnholtz, Brian wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have had a couple of problems with RH 6.0.  First when I boot the
> > > system it occasionally hangs at the finding module dependencies.  This
> > > occurs about every 4th reboot.  I also added a Zip drive, parallel port
> > > 100mb model.  I am unable to get the kernel to load the modules.  It
> > > seems that I have to insmod, but I am unable to do this before the
> > > system tries to mount the device, so it fails.  A third problem I have
> > > is when I try to recompile the kernel using make xconfig, everything
> > > works until I reach the make zImage.  This fails.  Also make bzImage
> > > fails, as does make modules.  Any ideas on what may be going wrong.  Is
> > > there an output file I can check.
> > > 
> > > Thank You
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > > 
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