Hi, Thanks for your reply. I manage to do all the complicated stuff fine however when it comes to recompressing the modules.cgz file i managed to stuff up the directory structure, all works now! Thanks dj -----Original Message----- From: Taylor, ForrestX [mailto:forrestx.taylor@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 05:35 To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Kickstart on RH6.2 + Module Update Problem > Hi, > > I need to do a kickstart with RedHat 6.2 (Don't ask) via NFS. > I was having > issues that the VIA - Rhine Ethernet card was giving a > Device or resource busy everytime kickstart started. I did a bit of > investigation and realised that the version that RedHat 6.2 > ships with is not compatible with my VIA Rhine card. I then > got the newest > drivers compiled it against a standard 6.2 machine > using the following command: Try compiling it against the 6.2-BOOT kernel (it should be on your disc). That is the kernel that everything in the install is compiled against. > > gcc -D__BOOT_KERNEL_BOOT=1 > -D__BOOT_KERNEL_ENTERPRISE=0__BOOT_KERNEL_UP=0 > -I/usr/src/linux/include -include > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h > -DMODVERSIONS -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c > via-rhine.c -o via-rhine.o > > I also had to compile pci-scan.c and that needed to be > insmodded before > via-rhine to work... but it did work manually. > > So I then wanted to integrate it into kickstart since I > noticed the drivers > now worked when I manually insmod'd them. > > I mounted initrd.img did a zcat | cpio (blahblah) on the modules.cgz , > unpacked it - overwrote the via-rhine.o and stuck in pci-scan.o. > Removed one or two .o files so I could fit it. I then > changed modules.dep > to say via-rhine: pci-scan , since pci-scan needs to run first. > > I put everything back together again and tried, and it says > something like > Loading pci-scan.o (NULL) , Loading via-rhine.o (NULL) failed > to insert > module via-rhine. Anyone got any ideas? I refuse to accept > this since it > works manually if it never worked manually I would accept it. > > thanks a lot. > > p.s. this is my first post, be nice ;) and yes i know this is > a gay mailer > but it was the first laptop i got my hands on. > > Regards, > > David Jacobson > Linux Systems Architect > Quadriga UK Ltd. > 020 89876 836 (w) > 07960 565 010 (c) _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
