On 12 Dec 2002, J. Cary Howell wrote: > I'm sorry John, I may not have been terribly clear, the RealTek 8201L > PHY is an ethernet controller and without the module (it is not in the > intird.img of RH7.3) it won't kickstart. I'm sorry if I was not > completely clear. thanks And say "nVida" and I think "Video;-)" You do have the source to the boot kernel, it's built from the kernel-2*src.rpm. You should still use the latest kernel. While there are problems making boot disks from it, that won't bother you, and if it did, with the hacking you're doing pruning the modules list would be a doddle. > > On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 17:24, John wrote: > > On 12 Dec 2002, J. Cary Howell wrote: > > > > > Looking for some ideas and help. > > > > > > I am bringing new machines up using kickstart via net booting and I have > > > the new Asus A7N66-VM/LAN motherboards that have the all-inclusive > > > nVidia chipset. I downloaded the rpm from nVidia and building from > > > kernel 2.4.18-3. > > > > Er, isn't there a later kernel? You _should_ use the latest kernel, > > and you _do not_ want to go through this twice. > > > > > > I have manually built one machine to confirm that the 2.4.18-3 kernel > > > and the nvidia drivers for 2.4.18-3 are compatible with each other. This > > > test machine works just fine. > > > > > > In the kickstart howerver, since it's network booting, I had to modify > > > the initrd.img -- > > > > > > I modified initrd.img to include the new driver (nvnet.o), added the > > > pci-id (0x10de:0x01c3) to the pcitable, made the appropriate changes in > > > the moduels.dep, etc., and gzipped the initrd. back and put it into the > > > kickstart /tftpboot/ hierarchy. > > > > > > Here are the problems: > > > > > > 1) when the machine is kickstarted, it stops and asks what driver to > > > load, seeming like the pci-id info in the pcitable is not correct, but I > > > gathered this information using the lspci tool. > > > > > > 2) More important than #1, is that after I select the nvnet module to > > > load, it comes up with a number of unresolved symbols. It is a NON-GPL > > > driver, however, a source RPM is distributed, but I have no sources to > > > 2.4.18-3BOOT so I'm not sure where to go from here. > > > > > > You do not need the nVidia drivers for installation, and maybe don't > > need them later either. I have an nVidia-based video card and it does > > all I require on standard Valhalla. > > > > If you are sure you want the nVidia drivers, install them and set them > > up in the %post section and don't worry about fiddling round with > > everything else. It's easier, and that means you can do it sooner and > > save time and money;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
