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YaST — Configuration
‘Module Disks’ Module disks contain additional system drivers. The
standard kernel only supports IDE drives. If the drives in your sys-
tem are connected to special controllers (such as SCSI), load the
needed drivers from a module disk. If you select this option and
click ‘Next’, you will be taken to a dialog for creating various mod-
ule disks.
The following module disks are available:
USB Modules This floppy disk contains the USB modules you
might need if USB drives are connected.
IDE, RAID, and SCSI Modules As the standard kernel only sup-
ports normal IDE drives, you will need this module disk if you
use special IDE controllers. Furthermore, all RAID and SCSI
modules are provided on this disk.
Network Modules If you need access to a network, load the suitable
driver module for your network card from this floppy disk.
PCMCIA, CD-ROM (non-ATAPI), FireWire, and File Systems
This floppy disk contains all PCMCIA modules used especially
for laptop computers. Furthermore, the modules for FireWire
and some less common file systems are available here. Older
CD-ROM drives that do not comply with the ATAPI standard
can also be operated with drivers from this floppy disk.
To load drivers from a module disk to the rescue system, select ‘Ker-
nel Modules (hardware drivers)’ and the desired module category
(SCSI, ethernet, etc.). You are prompted to insert the respective mod-
ule disk and the contained modules are then listed. Select the de-
sired module. Watch the system messages carefully: ‘Loading mod-
ule <modulename> failed’ indicates that the hardware could not be
recognized by the module. Some older drivers require specific param-
eters to be able to address the hardware correctly. In this case, refer to
the documentation of your hardware.
‘User-Defined Disk’ Use this to write any existing floppy disk image from
the hard disk to a floppy disk.
‘Download Disk Image’ With this, enter a URL and authentication data to
download a floppy disk image from the Internet.
To create one of these floppy disks, select the corresponding option and
click ‘Next’. Insert a floppy disk when prompted. If you click ‘Next’ again,
the floppy disk is created.
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