Create custom boot image for cobbler pxe boot

Hi!

I have a desktop PC I want to install with cobbler (Fedora
Core 5) via network. The problem is, that the e1000 network
card is to new for the pxeboot kernel from the FC5 CD. 

The cobbler boot runs without problems until it wants to
download the kickstart file from the cobbler server. The
error message is, that it can't find a network device.

I already compiled a new e1000 module on an installed FC5
PC. The module works fine. Now how can I use the new module?


I tried to update the initrd.img from my /tftpboot directory
and that worked like described in  

http://www.sharktooth.de/doku.php/linux:fedora:fc5_
e1000_hack

But this is a very dirty hack (in my opinion). Is there a
'right way' to create a new vmlinuz and initrd.img on the
already installed PC that I can use for tftpboot?

Or is there another possibilty to use the new e1000 module?

Thanks in advance
mad

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Make your own initrd with the newer e1000 driver the modules
are located
in modules.tgz  
Question why do you insist on using such an old version of
fc? 

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Subject: Create custom boot image for cobbler pxe boot

Hi!

I have a desktop PC I want to install with cobbler (Fedora
Core 5) via
network. The problem is, that the e1000 network card is to
new for the
pxeboot kernel from the FC5 CD. 

The cobbler boot runs without problems until it wants to
download the
kickstart file from the cobbler server. The error message
is, that it
can't find a network device.

I already compiled a new e1000 module on an installed FC5
PC. The module
works fine. Now how can I use the new module? 

I tried to update the initrd.img from my /tftpboot directory
and that
worked like described in  

http://www.sharktooth.de/doku.php/linux:fedora:fc5_
e1000_hack

But this is a very dirty hack (in my opinion). Is there a
'right way' to
create a new vmlinuz and initrd.img on the already installed
PC that I
can use for tftpboot?

Or is there another possibilty to use the new e1000 module?

Thanks in advance
mad

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