Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual page 652

Before performing the procedures given below, make sure you have created backup copies of any
files you plan to change, specifically the
files on an imaging CD, you need an ISO editor or some other process for extracting and replacing
the file in the
IMPORTANT: When updating or adding files and Linux drivers in the
systems, document the changes you make. When you receive updated resource files from Novell,
they do not contain your customized changes. If the kernel version has changed with the newer
resource files from Novell, previously added drivers must be updated either by obtaining a new
version from the manufacturer or recompiling the driver using the correct Linux kernel version
source.
"Adding to Initrd" on page 652
"Adding to Root" on page 653
To add files to the
Section F.4.3, "Using the Driverupdate File Method," on page
Adding to Initrd
To modify the
1 Using a Linux device, create a working directory and change to that directory.
2 To copy initrd from the PXE server or the boot CD to the new working directory:
For PXE, copy
For the CD, extract
copy the extracted
3 To rename
mv initrd initrd.gz
4 To unzip the
gunzip initrd.gz
5 To create another working directory for use as a mount point in the subsequent steps, enter:
mkdir work
cd work
6 To extract
cpio -idmuv ../initrd >/dev/null 2>&1
7 To copy your files or updated driver to the extracted
cp /your_path/module.ko work/lib/modules/2.6.5-override-default/initrd
where
Other files to be included in the
directory.
8 To re-package the
cd work
find . | cpio -quiet -o -H newc > ../initrd
cd ..
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image file.
bootcd.iso
file system, you can also use the
root
file system:
initrd
/tftp/boot/initrd
initrd
initrd
to
initrd initrd.gz
file, enter:
initrd.gz
into the
initrd /work
is the path to the
your_path
file system, enter:
initrd
/srv/tftp/boot/initrd
driverupdate
to the Linux workstation's working directory.
from the
/boot/i386/loader
to the Linux workstation's working directory.
, enter:
directory, enter:
initrd
file and module is the name of the module.
module.ko
file system should be copied to the appropriate
initrd
file. If you want to change the
or
initrd root
file method described in
654.
directory on the boot CD, then
file system, enter:
file