[ale] initrd.gz and Debian

[Brandon Colbert]

Cool thanks! I will give it a try tonight, or first thing in the AM!

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:28 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>wrote:

> >From [1]:
>
> "copy_modules_dir
>              copies an entire module directory  from
>  /lib/modules/KERNELVER-
>              SION/ into the initramfs image.
>
>              Example: copy_modules_dir kernel/drivers/ata"
>
> So you would create a hook script, as described in the manpage, and
> have that script do the above. Then you would use initramsfs-tools to
> build your new image.
>
> [1] -- http://man.he.net/man8/initramfs-tools
>
> On Wednesday, March 30, 2011, Brandon Colbert <colbert.brandon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Question,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to load a kernel module(megaraid_sas.ko) to the
> (inital ram disk) initrd.gz?
> > We got some new servers that Debian does not have built in drivers for.
> >
> > I assume this is the method to use because we are using the pre-seeding
> method to build out servers.
> >
>
> --
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