Re: [Udpcast] making a custom boot disk - Udpcast

2 Oct 2003

Alain Knaff wrote:
...
  Yes, it looks indeed as if it this is not enough for
initrd. Try only
...
  including those modules that you actually need into
the initrd in
 order to get a smaller initrd (with the --modules flag). Without
 --modules, a default selection is picked which may not fit, because
 your kernel is slightly larger than the default. 
I was able to run the makeImage pointing both to 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/boot/bzImage and to
/lib/modules/2.4.21-udpcast/build/arch/i386/boot/bzImage.  I can either
just specify the --module "module name" or I can do a --bzip2 and it
writes to the disk fine.  The boot disk works also.  Now I need to put
the bcm5700 modules on to the disk.  I'm not quite sure how to do this. 
I tried putting the compiled bcm5700.o driver into
/lib/modules/2.4.21-udpcast/build/drivers/net and tried to recompile
(make oldconfig and then do the other makes).  I recompiled from
/lib/modules/2.4.21-udpcast/build/.  Then I did the makeImage and
pointed it to use the bzImage from
/lib/modules/2.4.21-udpcast/build/arch/i386/boot/.  I also specified
--modules "bcm5700". However; now I get "Non-existant module
"bcm5700". 
Any ideas?