Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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9 To zip the new
initrd
file, enter:
gzip -v9c initrd > initrd.gz
10 To rename
initrd.gz
back to
initrd
, enter:
mv initrd.gz initrd
11 To copy the file back:
Š
For PXE, copy the updated
initrd
file to the
/tftp/boot
directory on the PXE server.
Š
For the CD, copy the updated
initrd
file to the
/boot/i386/loader
directory on the
boot CD.
Adding to Root
To modify the
root
file system:
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:
Š
For PXE, copy
/tftp/boot/initrd
to the Linux workstation’s working directory.
Š For the CD, extract
root
from the
/boot/i386/
directory on the boot CD, then copy the
extracted
root
to the Linux workstation’s working directory.
3 To rename
root
to
root.gz
, enter:
mv root root.gz
4
To unzip the
root.gz
file, enter:
gunzip root.gz
5 To create another working directory for use as a mount point in the subsequent steps, enter:
mkdir work
6 To mount the
initrd
file system to the
/work
directory, enter:
mount -o loop root work
7 To copy your files or updated driver to the mounted
root
file system, enter:
cp / your_path / module .ko work/lib/modules/2.6.5-override-default/initrd
where
your_path
is the path to the
module .ko
file and module is the name of the module.
Other files to be included in the
initrd
file system should be copied to the appropriate
directory.
8 To unmount the
root
file system, enter:
umount work
9 To zip the new
rrot
file, enter:
gzip -v9c root > root.gz
10 To rename
root.gz
back to
root
, enter:
mv root.gz root
11
To copy the file back:
Š
For PXE, copy the updated
root
file to the
/tftp/boot
directory on the PXE server.
Š For the CD, copy the updated
root
file to the
/boot/i386/
directory on the boot CD.