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author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 1996-09-14 05:07:52 +0000 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 1996-09-14 05:07:52 +0000 |
commit | 8ae363842d00ea08ef571d1ddeeea552f3bbc58a (patch) | |
tree | ecd3bb8770d1ae545f9f9b0cf789b4ef00d20aa5 /FAQ | |
parent | 9f71eb32a3ef1de6deef02cf52cc1f8c84aa38ab (diff) | |
download | ppp-8ae363842d00ea08ef571d1ddeeea552f3bbc58a.tar.gz |
added modload help
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@@ -507,3 +507,47 @@ AIX 4.x, but who is no longer able to maintain it. And apparently AIX IRIX includes a good PPP implementation in the standard distribution, as far as I know. + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Q: Under SunOS 4, when I try to modload the ppp modules, I get the +message "can't open /dev/vd: No such device". + +A: First check in /dev that there is an entry like this: + +crw-r--r-- 1 root 57, 0 Oct 2 1991 vd + +If not, make one (mknod /dev/vd c 57 0). If the problem still exists, +probably your kernel has been configured without the vd driver +included. The vd driver is needed for loadable module support. + +First, identify the config file that was used. When you boot your +machine, or if you run /etc/dmesg, you'll see a line that looks +something like this: + +SunOS Release 4.1.3_U1 (CAP_XBOX) #7: Thu Mar 21 15:31:56 EST 1996 + ^^^^^^^^ + this is the config file name + +The config file will be in the /sys/`arch -k`/conf directory (arch -k +should return sun4m for a SparcStation 10, sun3x for a Sun 3/80, +etc.). Look in there for a line saying "options VDDRV". If that line +isn't present (or is commented out), add it (or uncomment it). + +You then need to rebuild the kernel as described in the SunOS +manuals. Basically you need to run config and make like this: + + /usr/etc/config CAP_XBOX + cd ../CAP_XBOX + make + +(replacing the string CAP_XBOX by the name of the config file for your +kernel, of course). + +Then copy the new kernel to /: + + mv /vmunix /vmunix.working + cp vmunix / + +and reboot. Modload should then work. |