Modifying installer kernel

[Carl Gherardi]

Hey all,

I came across the situation where I need to install Redhat 9 on a
machine with an scsi controller that didn't exist when Redhat 9 was
released. I figure I need to replace the kernel and modules to get this
to work. (The manufacturer doesn't support that version of linux either)

In a more general terms I can see admins etc needing to add network/scsi
drivers to an install so they can use an nfs/http/ftp install with brand
new hardware that wasn't supported with the release of Fedora X. If the
machine doesn't have a floppy disk, how would this be achieved?

I'm chasing documentation on how to replace the installer kernel in an
anaconda installation.

Thanks

Carl Gherardi

PS: If anyone happens to have the cciss driver that includes support for
Smart Array 6i under kernel 2.4.20-8BOOT that would be nice.

PPS: I've managed to replace the Redhat 9 initrd.img with a modified
Redhat 8 version that supports the driver. Is there a way to make
anaconda ignore the mismatch between the initrd image and stage2.img ?

Apologies for the following

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