On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Post, Mark K wrote: > You'll need to go to the IBM developerWorks site, download the OCO > modules for the kernel level you'll be using, and roll your own "extra" > initrd (initial ram disk). The instructions to do that should also be > on the developerWorks site.
Recent packagings of Red Hat include a CD that contains a pre-prepared second initrd containing the OCO modules. I've not tried it (we prepared a RYO initrd some time ago), but you simply take the image from the CD and punch it as a fourth file on your reader and go from there. As for your issue, Eric, there is another way that you can try. We eventually got our installs working via QETH by adding the chandev parameters to the PRM file. To give it a try, add the following lines: CHANDEV=qeth0,0xbfe0,0xbfe1,0xbfe2;add_parms,0x10,0xbfe0,0xbfe2,portname: chandev=qeth0,0xbfe0,0xbfe1,0xbfe2;add_parms,0x10,0xbfe0,0xbfe2,portname: At the ends of these lines, add your portname BUT take care as the reader blocks to 80 columns. You will have to split input over two lines (IIRC, with the lines shown as above the seventh character of the portname is in column 80, so you will have to put your eighth character in the first position of the next line, followed by a space, then the next line... The start and end would look like this (would love to show you the whole thing, but surely it will get eaten by line wrap): CHANDEV=qeth0 ... name:VT21LAN 1 chandev=qet ... rtname:VT21L AN1 The duplication is so that both the installation script and the kernel module pick up the chandev configuration. Cheers, Vic
