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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Any one know how the Centos 5</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">kickstart</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">initrd.img</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> built</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">? I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ll be very appreciated if any light can be shed on this topic.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The basic problem to be solved here is:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> how to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">build a custom vmlinuz+initrd</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.im</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">g for Centos 5 kickstart with my own custom built kernel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I am not sure mkinitrd is the right tool for this purpose</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">? If do, which are the modules I should include with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">‘</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">—</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">preload</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> option</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> A</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nd if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">are any extra files/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">steps</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I should include/follow for the initrd.img file</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Not sure how the stage2.img is loaded</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">by kernel after initrd.img is</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> loaded and run</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. P</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">lease help.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--Guolin</FONT></SPAN></P>
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