adding realtek rtl8102 nic card in initrd.img

[nadeemq]

Hi
i have redhat EL desktop 4.6 version.For tftp i want to add rtl8102 nic drivers
in initrd.img, for redhat desktop. i am new one in linux so if somebody
write step by step configuration for extracting initrd , adding nic and make again initrd.img and vmlinuz.
Thanks for help

[konsolebox]

You simply need to recompile the kernel with a added support for rtl8102 nic drivers then update the modules inside the initrd.img.

To update the modules inside initrd.img, you'll need to extract it first then copy new files or replace files in lib/modules/. After updating the files, you'll then have to create a new initrd.

# extract:

mkdir temp; cd temp
zcat ../initrd.img | while cpio -i; do:; done

# create:

ls -1 | sort | cpio --create -H bin | gzip -c > ../initrd-new.img

i'm not sure if it's '-H bin'. please just try.

[nadeemq]

it did not work bro