On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 at 7:30pm, Remco Barendse wrote > >> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > >>> You can use the 'fw' driver that 3ware distributes. But, as I mentioned >>> above, in this case it doesn't include the latest firmware, which is the >>> one that actually fixes the multiple-unit bug. So you have to manually >>> flash it from a DOS environment. If you can't shoehorn a floppy in >>> temporarily, have a look at PXE. Or, just wait -- 3ware says on the >>> website they'll be releasing an updated driver with the right firmware. >> >> Cool, suppose I have the patience to wait, will the fw driver work on a >> running system that booted from the array with a stock CentOS kernel? >> > Yes. You just need to put the driver in the /lib/modules directory of the > right kernel (in place of the old driver), and then make a new initrd for > the kernel you're running. OK, thanks. Sorry for my next question, how do I create the new initrd and how do i specify which drivers to (not) include in the new initrd? This is still blackmagic to me. I have an ISDN PRI card in the system for which I need a specific driver. There is a driver included with the kernel which kudzu always wants to install but I don't want initrd to include that driver. My current workaround is to pull the card from the box before any upgrades, not ideal at all (Sorry if this is really like a n00b's question)