[finnix] Need module

Mark Glassberg vzeeaxwl at myfairpoint.net
Sat Oct 24 09:50:32 PDT 2009


Problem solved.  I'll be happy to explain how to anyone interested.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 02:57:08PM -0400, I wrote:
> I'm running the x86 version of Finnix 93.  I need the imm module.  The config
> file shows that it was compiled, but it is not in the distribution.  I tried
> using m-a, but it is not on the updated list.
> 
> I downloaded the kernel deb and got the module.  Unfortunately, it has not
> solved my problem.
> 
> The laptop I'm using has no cdrom and will not boot from a usb device.  I am
> temporarily using a usb cd-writer from another machine and using loadlin to
> boot.  I need to be able to boot from a 250M zip disk. 
> 
> The module works once Finnix has booted, i.e. I can now mount the zip disk.
> I have not remastered minirt, so I boot without the cd-writer and wait until
> I'm left with a shell.  At this point, I install imm.ko and parport.ko.  Since
> I cannot run depmod from the shell, I edited the modules.dep in minirt.  At
> this point modprobe installs the two modules.  The new problem is that modprobe
> does not find the zip disk, and I cannot mount it.
> 
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


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