Upgrading kernel used in PXE boot

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Eric Smith wrote:
> I'm installing FC6 using kickstart from PXE.  It works great, and I've 
> used this (and a similar setup with FC2) for years.
> 
> Now, I want to use a new kernel during the installation.  FC6 comes with 
>  2.6.18-1.2798.fc6, and I want the boot to use some version of 2.6.20 or 
> greater.
> 
> What I've been doing is installing with the default kernel, then 
> upgrading to 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 after the installation is complete.  But 
> now I have a need to run 2.6.20 during installation, because of some 
> hardware that's supported in 2.6.20 but not in 2.6.18.
> 
> So my question is:  How do I create a new initrd.img and vmlinuz (that 
> came in the isolinux directory) to be a new kernel?  It's apparently not 
> as simple as copying these files from a running system.
> 
> I've spent hours googling.  I've seen all sorts of info on adding 
> drivers to initrd.img, but no info on updating the kernel.
> 
> Any info would be great!
> 

Hi Eric,

-mandatory note about Fedora Core 6 being End Of Life, you should 
upgrade or use some Enterprise Linux (derivative)-

you might want to take a look at Revisor. We've been doing successful 
Fedora Core 6 spins in the past although it really started off with 
Fedora 7... To indicate what is successful, here's the test matrix that 
we commonly use (a Fedora 8 version of it):

http://spins.fedoraunity.org/Members/kanarip/fedora-8-test-matrix-template

Revisor you can find in the Fedora repositories (if you run Fedora 7 or 
8), and there's a package built for EL5 as well.

See: http://revisor.fedoraunity.org and it's mailing list at 
http://lists.fedoraunity.org/mailman/listinfo/revisor-users

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip