Vu Pham wrote: > Jason Edgecombe wrote: >> Ed Greshko wrote: >>> Jason Edgecombe wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I just got a Dell Optiplex 760 and RHEL5.2 doesn't support the network >>>> card or the video card. >>>> >>>> NIC: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit >>>> Video card: ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3470 >>>> >>>> Has anyone else made RHEL5 work on this hardware? >>>> >>> For the NIC, you can download and install the latest >>> e1000e-0.5.8.2.tar.gz driver directly from the Intel site, compile it >>> for EL5.2 and use it. I've done this before and it works well....not >>> for this specific NIC...but it would be the same. >>> >>> For the Video card....you can try getting the drivers from ATI. I use >>> nVidia and use their drivers. I would think ATI is the same. >> Thanks, but how do I add the driver to my kickstart setup so I can >> kickstart from the network? >> Making a driver disk image would be preferable to tweaking the >> installer's initrd. >> >> I tried looking for the kernel-boot package, but couldn't find it. >> Where can I et the installer kernel so I can compile the driver? >> > > Do you use PXE boot/kickstart ? > initrd.img of 5.2 pxe does contain driver for e1000 ( e1000e.ko and > e1000.ko ). > While that is true, it would seem that the driver does not have support for the newer hardware.
Unfortunately, I am not able to answer the question about how to get the newer driver inserted into a kickstart environment. -- When smashing monuments, save the pedstals -- they always come in handy. -- Stanislaw J. Lem, "Unkempt Thoughts" _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
