Adding drivers to kickstart initrd.img

[Ryan C. Spaulding]

I guess since I have never needed it before it's new to me :)

Wait can I do dd= before I put in ks ks= ?



On Apr 14, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Shabazian, Chip wrote:

> You can use --driverdisk in a kickstart file, or dd= at the boot:
> prompt.
>
> This isn't a new option though, it's been there quite a while.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ryan C.
> Spaulding
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:12 AM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: Re: Adding drivers to kickstart initrd.img
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Thank you for the instructions. I was looking over the kickstart
> documentation again and it looks like it has been updated with 4.0
> release 3. I am going to attempt using what looks like a new option
> called --driverdisk (with Dan's driver disk). Looks like I can  
> specify a
> driver disk via ftp, http and nfs.
>
> I will let you all know how it goes.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
> On Apr 14, 2006, at 1:02 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>
>> On 4/13/06, Ryan C. Spaulding <rspaulding at mail.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>>> I think that a rebuild of anaconda could fix this problem but I  
>>> could
>
>>> be totally going in the wrong direction.
>>>
>>
>> A little bit in the wrong direction, yes.
>>
>> I'll forward you the driver disk in a seperate email.
>> `dd if=3w-9xxx-4u3-amd64.144 of=/dev/fd0` Boot from the CD and use
>> "linux dd" to specify that there is a driver disk.  You'll need a
>> floppy or USB key or something.
>>
>> If you want to automate the package.
>> 1)  Download the anaconda source rpm
>> 2)  rpm2cpio anacond-src-foo-rpm | cpio -idmv
>> 3)  make
>> 4)  apply this patch
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2005-November/
>> msg00018.html
>> 5)  cd loader2/ ; make loader
>>
>> 6-9) Unpack the initrd.  Replace the old loader with the one you just
>> created.  Put the driver disk in the initrd as /dd.img.  Pack it back
>> up.
>>
>> Then it's automatic.  Or you could just put the driver disk on the
>> network I suppose but I don't recall the format for that...
>>
>> regards,
>> dan carpenter
>>
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