[ltp] ide-cd module and boot messages question

[Tino Keitel]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:56:24 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:
> Looking at the boot messages while they scroll I see some lines like:
> module ide-cd
> module ide_cd not found
> or the other way around
> and the same thing for
> ide-detect, ide_detect
> 
> now modules are always been elusive for my feeble mind :(
> 
> Question 1: On my Debian system I cannot find a file/command to see ALL 
> messages generated upon booting. dmesg shows many but not all and 
> grepping through the /var/log directory for instance does not find any 
> reference to either ide-cd or ide_cd

If you are using Sarge or Sid: edit /etc/default/bootlogd and change it
to "BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes". After the next reboot, you should see the
boot messages in /var/log/boot.

> 
> Question 2: what configuration curse yelds the follwing behaviour ?
> 
> t40:/var/log# modprobe ide-cd
> FATAL: Module ide_cd not found.

AFAIK the kernel handles a '-' as a '_' sign. The reason for the error
is that module just don't exist for the running kernel. You can list
the available modules with modprobe -l.

Regards,
Tino