On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Matt Fahrner wrote: > Thanks, but that's not possible because I can't get the modules loaded > for the ethernet adapters to do networking. That's the whole problem > really. We need 3 different ethernet modules that aren't by default > supplied on the boot floppy... Grub can be built to use the NIC and get stuff by tftp. > > Thanks, > > - Matt > > Johnston, Christopher (IDS DM&DS) wrote: > > Use grub with a tftp session.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Fahrner [mailto:Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:31 PM > > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Shrinking the kickstart image > > > > We have building our own "initrd.img" files with added modules for our > > kickstart floppy. Unfortunately under "rawhide" (aka: 8.1, soon to be > > 9.0) the kernel plus our modules no longer fit on a 1.4 meg floppy. > > > > My answer was to chop out any bogus modules and build own BOOT kernel > > deconfiging extra stuff not needed. > > > > The problem I've found is that now this new kernel doesn't find the > > modules we've placed in out "initrd.img" (no, there are no versioning > > issues). In fact if I slim our "initrd.img" down (by leaving out some > > of the modules we usually want) and just use the generic kernel you > > come out with from using the "kernel-2.4.20-i386-BOOT.config" file, it > > doesn't find the modules either. The same slimmed "initrd.img" works > > fine with the kernel found in "bootdisk.img" (ie: it does find the > > modules - in particular an "e1000.o" we've added). > > > > The issue as far as I can tell appears that the "bootdisk.img" kernel > > looks in "/modules/modules.cgz" and the built kernel does not. Maybe > > I'm wrong though. > > > > So, does anyone have a guess what I need to do here? Is there > > something I'm not setting in the kernel build to set the module search > > path? > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > - Matt > > > > > -- Please, reply only to the list.
