> What cpio options did you use to re-create modules/modules.cgz and then > the initrd.img? I used `cpio -ovF <file>` and `cpio -ov -H crc -F <file>` (I found the latter on http://sial.org/howto/linux/initrd/). However I could not find any "officially looking" information about how the initrd.img/modules.cgz is created. > > Did you gzip the initrd.img after cpio'ing it? yes, with `gzip -9`. > 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 ... OK, I could wait this long (better: short) :-) frank