For odd reasons, I am attempting to add a driver to an initrd.img.

Using the exact same kernel as on the original media, I have built a driver module.

I have extracted pxeboot/initrd.img into: /tmp/img/original

I have extracted the /tmp/img/original/modules/modules.cgz file into: /tmp/img/moddir

I have added the properly built modules into: /tmp/img/moddir/2.6.18-8.el5/x86_64

I have manually edited: /tmp/img/original/modules/modules.dep

I rebuilt the initrd.img using these steps:

# cd /tmp/img/moddir # find 2.6.18-8.el5 -depth -print | cpio --quiet -H crc -o | gzip -9 > /tmp/modules.cgz # cd /tmp/img/original # cp /tmp/modules.cgz modules/ # find . | cpio --quiet -c -o | gzip -9 > ../initrd.img

I then copied the initrd.img to the proper PXE/TFTP directory, and tested a boot to it.

It starts an install with no obvious errors, but the modules won't load.

What did I miss?

I am doing it remote with no access to <ALT>F3 or <ALT>F4

I will attempt to get over to the system and try from there to provide additional info, but I was hoping someone could spot an idiot mistake in my steps.

Thanks for any help.