Description of Problem: Kernel-BOOT does not build sg.o or st.o. This prevents any sort of real tape backup from the rescue environment. This is bad with a capital F. The floppy tape module is built, but not the scsi modules. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All kernels tested, from 2.4.2-2 to rawhide. How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot into rescue environment. 2. Attempt to use the tape drive detected by the scsi controller. 3. Curse angrily. 4. Repeat steps 2-4 until thoroughly displeased. Actual Results: State of thorough displeasure. Expected Results: Data backed up to SCSI tape drive.
Very good point. Fixed in the next build
The Kernel-BOOT RPM contains the st.o module now. However, it is not included when the bootable disk is built...
Well, not to be overly crude, but what good is that? Reopening this bug until the st.o module is actually put into the installer & rescue images, reassigning it to anaconda.
The good thing about having st.o available on the installer cd in rescue mode is that it makes it possible to restore a machine from backup tapes. Write-only backup tapes are not so useful :-)
st.o included in the second stage modules in CVS
I'm going through Bugzilla closing some bugs that have been marked as Modified for some period of time. I believe that most of these issues have been fixed, so I'm resolving these bugs as Rawhide. If the bug you are seeing still exists, please reopen this report and mark it as Reopened.