From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020310 Description of problem: During boot-up, shortly before the init scripts start running, the kernel prints out: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno=2 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot a computer running Skipjack 2. Note kernel messages 3. Watch for "kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe ..." line 4. If you missed the message, run "dmesg | grep modprobe" Actual Results: The error message appeared on screen. Expected Results: The error message should not have appeared. Additional info: I tried using both the plain i386 kernel and the i686 kernel, and the error message existed with both.
I also am receiving a similiar error on boot. SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.5 kernel: <Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter> kernel: aic7860: Ultra Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs Seems to be harmless my SCSI controller works fine.
Something is touching /dev/sda before it's supposed to; but it ain't the kernel
*** Bug 62270 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Arjan -- what's happening is that we do the following 1) Load scsi_mod 2) Load sd_mod 3) Load scsi_hostadapter Between 2 and 3 is when kmod spews errors, which is a definite change in upstream behavior of loading sd_mod. Loading sd_mod causing a kmod of scsi_hostadapter seems a bit strange to me.
This shows up on my machine also. I am running 7.3. it does not show up on my 7.2 machine unless I install the kernel rpm from 7.3 on it. What is the difference between the 7.2 kernel and the 7.3 kernel?
I have the same problem with a RH7.3 and initio scsi. loading scsi_mod module SCSI subsystem driver revision : 1.00 loading sd_mod module kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter , errno = 2 loading initio module with RH7.2 i didn't have this little problem.
*** Bug 61043 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
fixed in mkinitrd 3.3.11 (modprobe symlink was broken; should be a noop)
where can I find mkinitrd 3.3.11?
I found the updated package in the rawhide dir. It does NOT fix the problem!!!! I still get "kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2"