How to rebuild an Anaconda initrd/kernel with updated drivers?

[Tim Born]

Riggs, Ben wrote:

> We have new motherboards with onboard NICs which aren't recognized by 
> the fedora 7 installer initrd/kernel. Naturally, not having a NIC 
> makes using network drivers impossible. Anyone have the skinny, or a 
> link?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
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Not tried it, so your milage may vary ...

I think you want to find or setup a machine that has the same kernel as 
the one you are trying to install
then use mkinitrd to create a custom initrd including your drivers:

/sbin/mkinitrd --with=$yourdriver custom.img `uname -r`

Once that's built, swap it in for the initrd on your kickstart or burn a 
custom ISO.

good luck

-tim

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