Hi Christopher, The answer to this should be in the archives as it is a common problem. However, I have found two particular emails of great help and have included them here verbatim. The second email likely contains the key you are missing :) -brad -------------------------------- From: Carlos Villegas <villegas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: NVidia nforce ethetnet Message-ID: <20030910225436.GE2473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> References: <Pine.WNT.4.56.0308110944190.3800@lapwing> <20030821154137.GA7960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <20030828192118.GA1613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> In-Reply-To: <20030828192118.GA1613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-NonLocal-Relay: 130.207.146.192 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Loop: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sender: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx Errors-To: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx X-BeenThere: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: junk Reply-To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx List-Help: <mailto:kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> List-Subscribe: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list>, <mailto:kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list.redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list>, <mailto:kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:54:36 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_01,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_MUTT,X_LOOP autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-Sanitizer: Advosys mail filter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Status: OR Hi, I finally got it working almost two weeks ago, but hadn't had the chance to write it up, so here it is: I also added the broadcom driver that was discussed recently, since it's needed for some laptops we have. It works great for both network cards. You can find what I did at: http://www.math.gatech.edu/~villegas/linux/kickstart/add_driver.html There are all the steps mentioned recently, plus some additional "gottchas" that I found along the way. Hope it helps. Carlos PS: I also thought about publishing the initrd.img to put in the CD, however I'm not sure if someone will actually want it. Let me know. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From: Stephen Mah <steve.mah@xxxxxxxxxx> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030701 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Adding network driver to kickstart References: <010401c37256$a31c4a40$4d00a8c0@catamount> <3F564AAF.5050106@xxxxxxxxxxx> <3F565140.50600@xxxxxxxxxx> In-Reply-To: <3F565140.50600@xxxxxxxxxx> X-Loop: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sender: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx Errors-To: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx X-BeenThere: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: junk Reply-To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx List-Help: <mailto:kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> List-Subscribe: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list>, <mailto:kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list.redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list>, <mailto:kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:57:25 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_10,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA,X_LOOP version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-Sanitizer: Advosys mail filter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: OR Okay, I found my doc: Adding broadcom driver to bootable CD RH 9 (shrike) zcat -9 initrd.img >> initrd.img.un mount -o loop initrd.img.un loop/ edit modules-info file (ascii text): added: bcm5700 eth "BCM5700 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Driver" Modify modules.cgz zcat modules.cgz > modules.cpio cpio -i --make-directories < modules.cpio this creates the directory: 2.4.20-8BOOT copy desired modules into this 2.4.20-8BOOT folder. Ie: bcm5700.o Now you need to repackage and recompress your modules find 2.4.9-e.3BOOT > filelist cpio -o -H crc < filelist > modules.cpio gzip --best modules.cpio mv modules.cpio.gz modules.cgz Append the following lines into: pcitable 0x14e4 0x1644 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5700 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1645 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1646 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x16a6 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x16c6 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1647 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x16a7 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x16c7 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1648 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x16a8 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5704S Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1653 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1654 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x165d "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x165e "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x1696 "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5782 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x169c "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x170d "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5901 Fast Ethernet" 0x14e4 0x170e "bcm5700" "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5901 Fast Ethernet" umount initrd loop gzip --best initrd.img.un cp initrd.img.un.gz initrd.img Adding the broadcom driver to the custom CD Install source rpm package: rpm -ivh bcm5700-6.2.17-1.src.rpm cd to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS build rpm: rpmbuild -bb bcm5700.spec this will only build the bcm driver for the currently running kernel: for example, if you are running 2.4.20-20 then it will build: /lib/modules/2.4.20-20-9/kernel/drivers/net/bcm5700.o install the rpm _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > Hi everybody... > > I need to do a network Kickstart installation of RH 8.0, but the > drivers for my NIC aren't on the CD. My environment requires that I > start my Kickstart install with a bootable CD, then install over HTTP. > I *can't* use floppies or PXE. > > Since I'm pretty sure the problem is that RH8 doesn't have drivers for > my Broadcom 10/100/1000 NIC, I figured I'd just open up the ISO, add > the drivers, and close it back up. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble > getting this to work. The simplest way to phrase my question is: > > How do I change the drivers available to the initial isolinux so that > the CD is still bootable? I know how to tear open the isolinux/initrd > and edit the modules.cgz/modules.dep/pcitable/etc. and put it all back > together, but whenever I do this I wind up with an unbootable CD. > There must be a problem with either my mkisofs or my re-packaging of > the initrd. > > I'm not sure what kind of a "build environment" is required - I don't > need a full mirror of the whole RH8 five-disk tree for this, do I? > I'm only re-creating Disc 1, so an image dd'd (!!) from my CD-ROM, > mounted -o loop, and cp -a to a directory should work just fine, > right? To test this theory, I tried the above, then made a new ISO > from that: > > mkisofs -r -J -T -v -V "Test install" \ > -c isolinux/boot.cat \ > -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \ > -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ > -boot-info-table -o /home/cdemarco/isos/ibms_170903_1.iso . \ > > And the resultant CD boots just fine. But any time I attempt to play > with the isolinux/initrd, I can't boot the CD. > > Can anybody make heads or tails out of what I'm talking about!? And > better yet... what am I doing worng ;) ? > > Thanks in advance... > > -- > % You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike. > Christopher DeMarco > cdemarco@xxxxxxxxxxx > +6013 389 5658 > > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list > -- Brad Doctor, CISSP
