Hi All,
I have a marvel chipset for my wired laptop connection. It uses the kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm driver at elrepo.
I would like to use this driver to activate the wired connection to kickstart my laptop as I have pxe booting set upon my home network.
Could anyone please enlighten me as to how to get the drivers/firmware from this package loaded on my laqptop so I can use kickstart to load the OS, please?
Thank you for your time,
Phil
On 12/07/2013 02:39 AM, psavoie1783 wrote:
Hi All,
I have a marvel chipset for my wired laptop connection. It uses the kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm driver at elrepo.
I would like to use this driver to activate the wired connection to kickstart my laptop as I have pxe booting set upon my home network.
Could anyone please enlighten me as to how to get the drivers/firmware from this package loaded on my laqptop so I can use kickstart to load the OS, please?
Add a local apache/httpd powered repo to your kickstart:
repo --name="sk98 repo" --baseurl="http://myrepo/CentOS/6/x86_64/kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm"
'myrepo' is the pxe/kickstart server hostname and the kmod-sk98lin rpm driver has been copied to /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64.
Make sure httpd is running # service httpd start
Run createrepo: # cd /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64/ # createrepo -v -d .
Fire up laptop and kickstart it.
Regards, Patrick
On 06/12/13 09:37 PM, Patrick Lists wrote:
On 12/07/2013 02:39 AM, psavoie1783 wrote:
Hi All,
I have a marvel chipset for my wired laptop connection. It uses the kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm driver at elrepo.
I would like to use this driver to activate the wired connection to kickstart my laptop as I have pxe booting set upon my home network.
Could anyone please enlighten me as to how to get the drivers/firmware from this package loaded on my laqptop so I can use kickstart to load the OS, please?
Add a local apache/httpd powered repo to your kickstart:
repo --name="sk98 repo" --baseurl="http://myrepo/CentOS/6/x86_64/kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm"
'myrepo' is the pxe/kickstart server hostname and the kmod-sk98lin rpm driver has been copied to /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64.
Make sure httpd is running # service httpd start
Run createrepo: # cd /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64/ # createrepo -v -d .
Fire up laptop and kickstart it.
Regards, Patrick
Thank you Patrick,
I am pxe booting off the marvel card and in order to be able to do what you suggest, I think I need the driver to be installed to get the kickstart file first. Otherwise, how would the installer get it?
Phil
On 12/07/2013 05:15 AM, psavoie1783 wrote:
On 06/12/13 09:37 PM, Patrick Lists wrote:
On 12/07/2013 02:39 AM, psavoie1783 wrote:
Hi All,
I have a marvel chipset for my wired laptop connection. It uses the kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm driver at elrepo.
I would like to use this driver to activate the wired connection to kickstart my laptop as I have pxe booting set upon my home network.
Could anyone please enlighten me as to how to get the drivers/firmware from this package loaded on my laqptop so I can use kickstart to load the OS, please?
Add a local apache/httpd powered repo to your kickstart:
repo --name="sk98 repo" --baseurl="http://myrepo/CentOS/6/x86_64/kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm"
'myrepo' is the pxe/kickstart server hostname and the kmod-sk98lin rpm driver has been copied to /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64.
Make sure httpd is running # service httpd start
Run createrepo: # cd /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64/ # createrepo -v -d .
Fire up laptop and kickstart it.
Regards, Patrick
Thank you Patrick,
I am pxe booting off the marvel card and in order to be able to do what you suggest, I think I need the driver to be installed to get the kickstart file first. Otherwise, how would the installer get it?
Sorry, misread the question. I guess you need to create a driver disk. Google how to create them or check these links: http://serverfault.com/questions/374870/how-to-build-a-driver-disk-for-an-an... http://www.ruizs.org/archives/49
And when booting you need something like linux dd=<url_to_driver.img>
Regards, Patrick
On 07.12.2013 04:15, psavoie1783 wrote:
I am pxe booting off the marvel card and in order to be able to do what you suggest, I think I need the driver to be installed to get the kickstart file first. Otherwise, how would the installer get it?
Phil
When you PXE boot you get a kernel (vmlinuz) and a ramdisk (initrd.img), you can use a custom ramdisk that you generate on the local machine and include the needed driver, then transfer it on to the PXE server. Make sure the vmlinuz and initrd.img have the exact same version.
On 07/12/13 05:23 AM, Nux! wrote:
On 07.12.2013 04:15, psavoie1783 wrote:
I am pxe booting off the marvel card and in order to be able to do what you suggest, I think I need the driver to be installed to get the kickstart file first. Otherwise, how would the installer get it?
Phil
When you PXE boot you get a kernel (vmlinuz) and a ramdisk (initrd.img), you can use a custom ramdisk that you generate on the local machine and include the needed driver, then transfer it on to the PXE server. Make sure the vmlinuz and initrd.img have the exact same version.
That would work... but what if I install the kmod driver right after I install the notebook and took the new initramfs file and threw it on the pxe server would this work?
Phil
On 07.12.2013 15:09, psavoie1783 wrote:
That would work... but what if I install the kmod driver right after I install the notebook and took the new initramfs file and threw it on the pxe server would this work?
Phil
Should work, try it and let us know. :)
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