John Doe wrote: > 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`. > > Just wondering... can you safely strip modules like you would strip executables? Unfortunately stripping didn't help. Same error message at boot. frank