Making EIT boot floppy for NIC drivers un-supported by EIT

1. Create boot floppy by EIT.
2. mount this floppy.
   # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
3. extract initrd image and mount it.
   # gunzip < initrd.img > /tmp/initrd
   # mkdir /mnt/tmp
   # mount -o loop /tmp/initrd /mnt/tmp
   
4. extract modules cpio file
   # cd /tmp
   # mkdir work
   # cd work
   # zcat /mnt/tmp/modules/modules.cgz | cpio --extract -d
   
5. extract pro/1000 driver. Pro/1000 driver is included in CD-ROM.
   # mkdir /mnt/tmp2
   # mount -o loop /mnt/cdrom/setup/RedHat/images/drvnet.img /mnt/tmp2
   # mkdir /tmp/work2
   # cd /tmp/work2
   # zcat /mnt/tmp2/modules.cgz | cpio --extract -d
   
6. copy e1000 driver to modules cpio file
   # cp */e1000.o /tmp/work/*/
   # cd /tmp/work
   # find * -type f | cpio --quiet -H crc -o | gzip -9 > /mnt//tmp/modules/modules.cgz
   
7. edit other file
   # cat >> module-info
   e1000
   eth
   "Intel EtherExpress/1000 gigabit"
   ^D
   # grep e1000 /mnt/tmp2/pcitable >> pcitable
   
8. umount initrd and copy back to floppy
   # umount /mnt/tmp2
   # umount /mnt/tmp
   # gzip -9 /tmp/initrd
   # cp /tmp/initrd.gz /mnt/floppy/initrd.img
   
   If your floppy is full, you must remove another driver in modules cpio file.
   

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