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From: Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××.com>
To: Wolfram Schlich <lists@×××××××.org>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] HDD Detection
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:33:24
Message-Id: 40CDE0FE.40203@skylineaero.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] HDD Detection by Wolfram Schlich
1 Wolfram Schlich wrote:
2 > * Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@g.o> [2004-06-12 21:09]:
3 >
4 >>I need as many people as possible to test (for the Gentoo installer
5 >>project) the following python script on your system:
6 >>http://dev.gentoo.org/~npmccallum/detect_devices.py This is especially
7 >>important if you have scsi, hardware raid, or otherwise funky setups.
8 >
9 >
10 > --8<--
11 > [root@prometheus(pts/3):tmp]$ python detect_devices.py
12 > Detecting devices...
13 > Traceback (most recent call last):
14 > File "detect_devices.py", line 109, in ?
15 > devices = detect_devices()
16 > File "detect_devices.py", line 12, in detect_devices
17 > raise Exception, "sysfs MUST be enabled (are you using kernel >2.6?)"
18 > Exception: sysfs MUST be enabled (are you using kernel >2.6?)
19 > [root@prometheus(pts/3):tmp]$ uname -a
20 > Linux prometheus 2.4.22-grsec-1.9.12 #2 SMP Son Sep 7 11:28:39 CEST 2003 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
21 > [root@prometheus(pts/3):tmp]$
22 > --8<--
23 > ?!
24
25 You just answered your own question:
26
27 Exception: sysfs MUST be enabled (are you using kernel >2.6?)
28 Linux prometheus 2.4.22-grsec-1.9.12 #2 SMP
29
30 The script is being simplified by only supporting 2.6 kernels and their sysfs
31 interface.
32
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Re: [gentoo-dev] HDD Detection Wolfram Schlich <lists@×××××××.org>