Description of Problem:

Strange message at boot. Something seems wrong with kmod and modprobe

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Red Hat 7.3
kernel-2.4.18-4
Adaptec 2940-UW SCSI adaptor

How Reproducible:

During the boot the following message appears:
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k
scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0d.0
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: ahc_pci:0:13:0: Illegal cable configuration!!.
Only two connectors on the adapter may be used at a time!
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA
DRIVER, Rev 6.2.5
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel:         <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter>
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel:         aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI
Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: 
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel:   Vendor: FUJITSU   Model: MAN3367MP        
Rev: 0107
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                     
ANSI SCSI revision: 03
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel:   Vendor: NEC       Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:464 
Rev: 1.05
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel:   Type:   CD-ROM                            
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
May 24 14:57:31 lorient kernel: scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled.  Depth 253
May 24 14:57:32 lorient kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id
0, lun 0
May 24 14:57:32 lorient kernel: (scsi0:A:0): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz,
offset 8, 16bit)
May 24 14:57:32 lorient kernel: SCSI device sda: 71771688 512-byte hdwr sectors
(36747 MB)



Additional Information:

I was the same with kernel-2.4.18-3
I never saw this message with any previous version of Red Hat Linux