<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I have a batch of systems that need and updated e1000 driver before the network device can been seen by the default RHEL5 images provided. <o:p></o:p> I was able to get the files I needed and now I’m trying to add the initrd but when trying to do this the system pulls down the new image but is unable to read it correctly <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I get the following errors: <o:p></o:p> Attempt to access beyond the end of device<o:p></o:p> No file system could mount root, unable to mount rootfs on unknown block(0,1) <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This seems pretty trivial yet its giving me a major headache if anyone could help out I would appreciate it. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here are the steps I used to add the new modules to initrd, the modules I added overwrite the previous ones.<o:p></o:p> ahci.ko, e1000.ko <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> # mkdir /tmp/newinitrd<o:p></o:p> # cd /tmp/newinitrd <o:p></o:p> # gzip -d < /home/rbrown/RHEL5_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img | cpio -i --make-directories<o:p></o:p> # cd /tmp/newinitrd/modules<o:p></o:p> # gzip -d < modules.cgz | cpio -i --make-directories<o:p></o:p> # cd 2.6.18-8.el5/x86_64<o:p></o:p> # cp /home/rbrown/dell/*.ko .<o:p></o:p> # find 2.6.18-8.el5 | cpio -o -H crc | gzip -9 > modules.cgz<o:p></o:p> # rm –rf 2.6.18-8.el5<o:p></o:p> # cd /tmp/newinitrd<o:p></o:p> # find . | cpio -o -H crc | gzip -9 > /tmp/initrd.img<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ---<o:p></o:p> Rodrick R. Brown <o:p></o:p> rbrown<@>ballista<.>com <o:p></o:p> 120 Wall St. Suite 2400 <o:p></o:p> C: 347 702 0012 | O: 646 307 4709<o:p></o:p> http://www.ballistasec.com <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>