On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:11:02PM -0400, M3 Freak enlightened us:
> Hello all,
> 
> This message probably shouldn't be here, but it's for my tape drive, and
> I want to use Amanda, so it KINDA fits. :)
> 
> Anyway, I can use my Seagate STT3401A with the ide-scsi and st modules
> when I insert them using modprobe.  How do I get this modules loading
> automatically when the system boots?
> 
> Currently, I have this in my /etc/modules.conf file (I did this
> according to a posting I found in a newsgroup):
> 
> alias ide-tape off
> alias scsi-hostadaptor ide-scsi
> alias char-major-9 st
> 
> When I rebooted the system, the st module loaded, but ide-scsi did not.
> The drive works just fine after I load the ide-scsi module manually.
>

Try adding something like this to /etc/modules.conf

post-install st /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi

> The kernel is configuring the tape device under "/dev/hdd", but I think
> it should be under "/dev/nst0".  How do I get the kernel to not use
> "/dev/hdd"?
> 

That I don't know, I've never used the ide-scsi module.

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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Ohio University
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