initrd and ethernet modules

[Andrew Pollock]

On 15.06.2002 at 10:47:16, Thomas Lange <lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de> wrote:

> >>>>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:47:45 -0700, "Bruce  Edge"
<bedge at troikanetworks.com> said:
> 
>     > I need to use initrd so that I can load Intel e1000 gigabit
>     > drivers at boot time, which are not available as static kernel
>     > drivers, only modules.  How do I get this driver on the FAI boot
> initrd is not supported on the fai bootfloppy (it's not needed). So
> you have to create a boot floppy by your own, that uses initrd and
> includes you network driver. When this boot floppy boots you computer
> it should mount the fai nfsroot file system in the last step and
> chroot (using pivot root) to the default fai nfsroot.

I have a similar requirement, however I'm using PXE booting, so I presume the
procedure is similar? Does initrd complicate PXE booting at all?

Andrew