[97031] in RedHat Linux List
Re: kernel, iBCS, pcmcia package problem (or something else)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Fri Oct 30 20:55:54 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 20:42:04 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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cdIvo van Steenbruggen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I install RedHat 5.1-intel on a clean machine everything works fine.
> When I download all .rpm files from the errata list and install them and
rpm -Uvh *.rpm is what you would need, to *upgrade*. You don't want
to *install* the new packages.
>
> than restart the machine my NE2000 ethernet card doesn't work anymore.
> RedHat doesn't see it anymore at boottime.
>
> I think it has something to do with the errata packages.
>
> When I follow up the instructions on the errata page by the package:
> kernel, iBCS, pcmcia I found problems.
>
> mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.0.35-2.img 2.0.35-2
>
> RH response:
>
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/loop0 as a block
> device (maybe 'insmod driver'?)
> Can't get a loopback device
You need to have /sbin/kerneld running so it can load
the loop module, or load it manually using
# insmod loop
in order for the mkinitrd to work.
Good hunting!
>
>
> What's wrong? Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ivo
>
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