On 07/09/08 16:23, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: > Erik P. Olsen wrote: >> This is all new land for me, so bear with me if the answer is trivial. >> >> I have patched kernel 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 (actually sata_mv.c) to support >> my sta >> disk controller. It works correctly, I can attach my disks make >> directories and >> store data on them and even retrieve the data. So from that perspective >> everything is fine. >> >> The next thing I want to do is to boot from the disks and create my >> system on >> them. That means as far as I can see that anaconda must use the >> patched kernel. >> Is there a way to load this kernel during start of anaconda or can I >> create a >> new install dvd with the kernel added? >> >> Can someone help me with this? >> > > yum install pungi or revisor, point them to the repository you create > (and that contains the customized kernel), and run the tools. > > FWIW, the customized kernel's NEVRA (name, epoch, version, release, > architecture) will need to be higher then the one from the kernel > available from upstream. > > FWIW^2, could you log a bug against the kernel and attach the patch you > applied (if you haven't already)? Someone else made the patch and as far as I am informed it'll be included in 2.6.27 but there is a long way before it makes its way into anaconda - maybe fedora 11. -- Erik. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
