>Someone asked if it was possible to use a kernel with "loadable module >support" turned on with Etherboot. I told them that I had never built >one that way, but then I got to wondering. It seems like it might work. Sure. On my X-terminal I use a kernel that is normal in all ways except for the Root-NFS and BOOTP features, and the NIC driver is compiled in. You can have /lib/modules/... in the root NFS like normal kernels. However if you want a module to be loaded *before* the root NFS is mounted, then you need an initrd. Again this is standard practice. This is one way to allow the NIC driver not to be compiled in. =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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