[H-GEN] Debian install floppy boot problem

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com> writes:

> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Greg Black wrote:

> >   Calculating module dependencies... done.
> >   loading modules: usb-ohci usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs

> You could try editting /etc/modules.conf and commenting out anything to do
> with USB.  Alternatively (and a little nasty), you could just rename
> /lib/modules/2.4.xx/kernel/drivers/usb/ to something else so the kernel
> can't find the modules to load.
> 
> (This assumes that the kernel is compiled to use USB as a module)

Good catch, Ben.  The "Calculating module dependencies" message
doesn't come from the kernel:

linux $ grep -rF 'Calculating' drivers fs include init/ ipc/ \
        kernel/ net/ lib/ mm/ 
drivers/video/pm3fb.c:/* Calculating various clock parameter */

Editing /etc/modules.conf is certainly the way to go.

jason, who'd assumed USB support had been compiled right into the
       kernel (being an installation kernel and all, I guess)
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