Inserting network driver into initrd.img

[Koree A. Smith]

When I did this before for a broadcom nic, I had to edit the
"modules/pcitable" file and put in  some hex codes.  I used the info
in this URL to figure it out:

http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-August/009343.html

Koree

On 2/15/06, Puc, Bernard <bpuc at 454.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     I am trying to insert a network driver into the installation disk of RH3
> Enterprise.  Here's what I did:
>
> 1-Copied contents of CD1 to local workspace.
> 2-Unpacked ./isolinux/initrd.img and mounted it.
> 3-I edited ./modules/module-info to add the new driver entry
> 4-I edited pcitable to add entries for the device
> 5-I unpacked modules.cgz, extracted the 2.4.21-4.ELBOOT directory, copied my
> driver into it (2.4.21-4ELBOOT/i386).
> 6-Repackaged the modules file, compressed it, and copied it to modules.cgz.
> 7-Unmounted initrd.img.un
> 8-Zipped it up and replaced the old initrd.img with the new version.
> 9-Burn a new CD with the contents of the workspace directories, make it
> bootable by using the ./images/bootdisk.img.
>
> The problem is that once I boot from the new disk and try to run an install
> from an nfs volume, I get the following error:
>
> ASSERT: no network device in chooseNetworkInterface
> No network drivers for doing kickstart
>
>
> So how can I get the installation to recognize the network device and use
> the new driver that I've provided?  Any tips or suggestions much
> appreciated!
>
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