Frank Thommen wrote: > > To modify the initrd.img, I took the original CentOS 5.2 image, unpacked > with cpio/gunzip and replaced modules/2.6.18-92.el5/x86_64/e1000e.ko > with a current version. This driver module had been created on a > freshly installed CentOS 5.2 host with kernel 2.6.18-92.el5 and w/o any > updates. After adding the driver, I re-archived and re-packed the image > and replaced the initrd.img on my tftp server. > > The new image is considerably bigger than the old one (12 MB vs. 5.7 MB) > which puzzles me, as the driver file itself is 2.8 MB (compared to the > old e1000e.ko with ca 170 KB) but the resulting modules.cgz is only > around 700 KB bigger than the original one. All files have been > compressed with `gzip -9`. What cpio options did you use to re-create modules/modules.cgz and then the initrd.img? Did you gzip the initrd.img after cpio'ing it? It might be better to wait for CentOS 5.3 - as that has an updated e1000e module - hopefully 5.3 might be out this week end ... James Pearson