Re: steps to create updates.img

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Prior to FC5 the root of the initrd thing doesn't work without patching 
anaconda.  I posted a patch to fix that.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2005-November/msg00018.html

regards,
dan carpenter

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Matt Wilson wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 10:23:45AM -0000, Alexander Chuzhoy wrote:
> > 
> > Recently a colleague told me that this isn't the right way - and I should
> > implement this driver update with updates.img instead.
> 
> Your colleague is incorrect.  The only way to do what you want from a
> PXE boot is to either update the modules.cgz, module-info, etc. in the
> initrd, or construct a driver disk image and place it in the root of
> the initrd at /dd.img.  (At least, that's what I recall.  It's been a
> while since I've added drivers in this way).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt
> 


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