Frank Thommen wrote:
>
> To modify the initrd.img, I took the original CentOS 5.2 image, unpacked
> with cpio/gunzip and replaced modules/2.6.18-92.el5/x86_64/e1000e.ko
> with a current version. This driver module had been created on a
> freshly installed CentOS 5.2 host with kernel 2.6.18-92.el5 and w/o any
> updates. After adding the driver, I re-archived and re-packed the image
> and replaced the initrd.img on my tftp server.
>
> The new image is considerably bigger than the old one (12 MB vs. 5.7 MB)
> which puzzles me, as the driver file itself is 2.8 MB (compared to the
> old e1000e.ko with ca 170 KB) but the resulting modules.cgz is only
> around 700 KB bigger than the original one. All files have been
> compressed with `gzip -9`.
What cpio options did you use to re-create modules/modules.cgz and then
the initrd.img?
Did you gzip the initrd.img after cpio'ing it?
It might be better to wait for CentOS 5.3 - as that has an updated
e1000e module - hopefully 5.3 might be out this week end ...
James Pearson
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