Philip Rowlands <phr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Terje Kvernes wrote: > > > kernel-unsupported RPMs? no, I didn't! > > $ rpm -qlp kernel-unsupported-*i686*.rpm | grep sk98 > /lib/modules/2.4.21-15.0.4.EL/unsupported/drivers/net/sk98lin/sk98lin.o > > It seems to be there. it's not the availability of the module, it's the version that worries me. the version in the standard RHEL-kernels is old compared to what we find in 2.4 or 2.6, and those are old compared to the versions SysKonnect have released. <url: http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg295638.html > to quote myself with regards to patch size: # against 2.6.9-rc1-mm4 we're looking at just over a megabyte. > > Thanks for the pointer, but the question of application still > > stands. I don't really have any great need to fiddle with the > > installation (we do that heavily after boot anyway), so I've never > > really looked much at Anaconda and the documentation I've found is > > mostly geared to edit the installation or the packages, not the > > kernel and the initrd. :-/ > > I don't have a direct link sorry, but I'd refer you to the archives > of this mailing list to find how to insert extra modules into > initrd; it's simpler than my previous suggestions (although not > trivial). I think I'll go for a whole new kernel though, if I'm going to get my paws dirty, I might as well do the job. heck, I might even document it. ;-) -- Terje
