On 11/08/05, Shawn M. Jones <smj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alfred von Campe wrote:
>
> > I apologize in advance as this is not really at CentOS specific issue,
> > but I don't know where else to turn. We are configuring some Dell
> > 1850s for a customer, and they have all been configured with a QLogic
> > dual channel HBA. But no storage has been (or will be in the near
> > future) attached to these HBAs. During the boot process (both for the
> > kickstart and after the OS has been installed), there is a 2 minute
> > delay (1 minute for each channel) while the qla2300.o module is loaded
> > and the HBA probes for any attached storage.
> >
> > How can I configure the kernel to ignore the QLogic HBA? It's not that
> > critical for the kickstart process (although that would be nice too).
>
> Off of the top of my head, I don't know what to do about kickstart, but
> look in the /etc/modprobe.conf to see what options are passed to loaded
> modules. If your module is in there, try removing the line. If it is not
> in there, try the /etc/modules file (if it exists, RH/CentOS doesn't
> usually have one these days).
For kickstart I think you'll need to remove the qla module from the
initrd and rebuild it.
Will.
