Hi,

i need to send a small .iso image for someone to burn at a remote location so i can do a ftp install on a machine. i used this link for a guide.
/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html#S2-STEPS-MAKE-CD

there is no one where the box is located who can pop disks in/out during the install. i have access via a rsa card.
when the cd runs in the remote location after choosing ftp install it tells me i don't have a device for this and offers me the choice of choosing a driver or inserting another disk
my problem is that the isolinux folder does not have the network drivers (Broadcom NetXtreme BCM570x )i need and i wanted to try to burn another .iso w/ the drvnet.img file on it or better the Broadcom driver itself.

questions: copying the drvnet.img file to a diskette is well documneted.. how do i get these files on the same .iso as my boot cdrom so when linux boots of the cd it can find the drivers ?
how can i compile a driver and put it on the cd so linux will find it during boot or when it asks me for a driver i can point it back to the cd ?
also is there a generic driver i can use until i re-install the whole system ?
would module arguments help ?

thanx

eramm

Never tried enterprise linux, but fedora comes with a generic driver called as tg3. Bcm5700 is a recommended driver though.

I think the right place to put your driver is in ithe initrd file and make a entry into linuxrc file to insert the driver into the kernel. that could solve your problem.


Also what i think you can do is that you is configure isolinux with some custom options in the isolinux config file.


& use a method called kickstart [ do a google ul get enuf info ] and there you can specify source as ftp / nfs http
what users you want / packages / partitions etc.