Round 2 . . .

So in my quest for diskless workstation, I found that if I boot more than 6 at a time, after 10 minutes uptime, they freeze. Nothing in /var/log/messages; nothing in the screen. And it's not a full lock - I can switch from TTY to TTY, but "He's dead, Jim." I can do them in waves of 6 with 2 minutes in between and that gets 24 up and running with no problem.

Any ideas?

Regards,

George Toft

On 11/29/2016 11:00 PM, George Toft wrote:
Of course, 5 minutes after I sent this, I got the modules to load into the initramfs:

[root@localhost tftpboot]# dracut --force -m "network" --add-drivers "sunrpc.ko `find /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet -type f -exec basename {} \;`" drive3testing.img 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
[root@localhost tftpboot]# lsinitrd drive3testing.img | grep ethernet
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59805 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71549 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66885 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64405 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55613 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58053 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125461 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1040525 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93997 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 243413 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 226757 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bna.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18269 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/at91_ether.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40797 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38957 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.ko drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242437 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 343149 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109213 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127589 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54005 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/de2104x.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72965 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/de4x5.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45997 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/dmfe.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113557 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38925 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/uli526x.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52949 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/winbond-840.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26285 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37685 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dnet.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188445 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be2net.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30765 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/icplus -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38565 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/icplus/ipg.ko drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 251805 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 389989 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165885 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 406245 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115445 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 329749 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64557 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/igbvf.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 424669 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87181 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66461 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13557 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74173 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95117 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.ko drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465605 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_core.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177373 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 277773 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93845 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.ko drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112749 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169061 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69037 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 460453 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142429 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51205 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68877 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127725 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508133 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/sfc.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44309 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48869 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc9420.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:26 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ti -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57581 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.ko
[root@localhost tftpboot]#


Still doesn't work - getting this error:

localhost.localdomain dracut-initqueue[240]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists

and only loopback network is up. 3 minutes later, it drops me into the dracut emergency shell.

Thoughts?

Regards,

George Toft

On 11/29/2016 10:17 PM, George Toft wrote:
OS: CentOS 7

I'm building an image for a diskless workstation, and it turns out about 25% of the clients don't work (great description).

The problem is the laptop NIC hardware. What I found works are the older laptops that use the e1000 NIC, but some newer ones don't work - they are using something else. I tried to create the initramdisk using dracut:

dracut --force -m "nfs network base" drive3testing.img 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64

and when I look at the modules included, I get:

[root@localhost tftpboot]# lsinitrd drive3testing.img | grep ethernet
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Nov 29 21:54 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 21:54 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 21:54 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 389989 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 21:54 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51205 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68877 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko
[root@localhost tftpboot]#

yet the number of ethernet kernel modules are far greater:

[root@localhost tftpboot]# find /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet -type f -exec basename {} \;
alx.ko
atl1c.ko
atl1e.ko
atl1.ko
atl2.ko
b44.ko
bnx2.ko
bnx2x.ko
cnic.ko
tg3.ko
bna.ko
at91_ether.ko
macb.ko
xgmac.ko
cxgb3.ko
cxgb4.ko
cxgb4vf.ko
enic.ko
de2104x.ko
de4x5.ko
dmfe.ko
tulip.ko
uli526x.ko
winbond-840.ko
xircom_cb.ko
dnet.ko
be2net.ko
ethoc.ko
ipg.ko
e1000.ko
e1000e.ko
fm10k.ko
i40e.ko
i40evf.ko
igb.ko
igbvf.ko
ixgbe.ko
ixgbevf.ko
jme.ko
mvmdio.ko
skge.ko
sky2.ko
mlx4_core.ko
mlx4_en.ko
mlx5_core.ko
myri10ge.ko
pch_gbe.ko
netxen_nic.ko
qla3xxx.ko
qlcnic.ko
qlge.ko
8139cp.ko
8139too.ko
r8169.ko
sfc.ko
epic100.ko
smsc9420.ko
tlan.ko
[root@localhost tftpboot]#

So I thought I found the answer, and shoved that list into the dracut command like so:

[root@localhost tftpboot]# dracut --force -m "nfs network base `find /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet -type f -exec basename {} \;`" drivewipe3testing.img 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
dracut module 'alx.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'atl1c.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'atl1e.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'atl1.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'atl2.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'b44.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'bnx2.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'bnx2x.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'cnic.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'tg3.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'bna.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'at91_ether.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'macb.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'xgmac.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'cxgb3.ko' cannot be found or installed.
:
dracut module 'epic100.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'smsc9420.ko' cannot be found or installed.
dracut module 'tlan.ko' cannot be found or installed.
[root@localhost tftpboot]#

I even tried to just list the directory name like so:

[root@localhost tftpboot]# dracut --force -m "nfs network base `find /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet -type d -exec basename {} \;`" drivewipe3testing.img 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64

But that did didn't help much:

[root@localhost tftpboot]# lsinitrd drivewipe3testing.img | grep ethernet Arguments: --force -m 'nfs network base ethernet atheros alx atl1c atl1e atlx broadcom bnx2x brocade bna cadence calxeda chelsio cxgb3 cxgb4 cxgb4vf cisco enic dec tulip emulex benet icplus intel e1000 e1000e fm10k i40e i40evf igb igbvf ixgbe ixgbevf marvell mellanox mlx4 mlx5 core myricom myri10ge oki-semi pch_gbe qlogic netxen qlcnic qlge realtek sfc smsc ti' drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Nov 29 22:04 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Nov 29 22:04 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:04 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 389989 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 29 22:04 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51205 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68877 Oct 24 09:50 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko
[root@localhost tftpboot]#


Listing of /etc/dracut.conf (space-saving mode - comments left out):

[root@localhost tftpboot]# grep -v "^#" /etc/dracut.conf | grep -v "^$"
add_dracutmodules+="nfs"
[root@localhost tftpboot]#

What am I doing wrong?


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