<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: custom kernel for Centos 5 kickstart?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I remember there being an option to define which MAC addr is defined as eth0, etc. This was something you could define on the kickstart command line.... Check out the documentation for anaconda.<BR> <BR> <BR> On 5/30/07 1:49 PM, "Guolin Cheng" <guolin@alexa.com> wrote:<BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Arial">Hi,<BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> Has any one tried to</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">merge a custom kernel</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">into</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">vmlinuz/initrd.img</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">for</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Centos 5</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">kickstart?</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Or</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">similar Linux distribution? <BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> I am rebuilding a custom</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">kernel</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">from</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">stock kernel</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">source to build some</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">hardware modules into static form, so that the hardware detection sequence can be altered in a hard way.</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Quick examples are: tg3 drivers will be loaded before e1000, 3w-9xxx be loaded</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">before</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">3w-9xxx, etc.<BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Please advice.</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">If the object could be achieved through adjustment to</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">/etc/modules.conf or similar files, then it could be</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">even more</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">fantastic.<BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> <BR> <BR> <HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"></FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier New"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0px'>_______________________________________________<BR> Kickstart-list mailing list<BR> Kickstart-list@redhat.com<BR> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list<BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Monaco, Courier New"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0px'><BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><BR> -------------------------------<BR> Tom Callahan<BR> TDS Engineering<BR> 410-229-1361 Tel<BR> 410-588-7605 Mobile <BR> 410-229-1512 Fax <BR> callahant@TESSCO.com<BR> <BR> TESSCO<BR> Your Total Source for Wireless<BR> <a href="http://www.tessco.com">http://www.tessco.com</a><BR> <BR> Network Infrastructure Equipment | Mobile Devices & Accessories | Installation, Test, Equipment & Supplies<BR> </SPAN></FONT> </BODY> </HTML>