Upgrading kernel used in PXE boot

[Eric Smith]

Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> 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)-

Yes, I know.  But I have a lot of FC6 boxes already deployed, and 
switching just for this one piece of hardware probably isn't worth 
doing.  I'm okay with supporting it myself, for now.

> 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

Okay, I'll check it out.  Thanks for the pointer.

Eric.