Dracut help

George Toft george at georgetoft.com
Wed Dec 7 06:56:59 MST 2016


And a couple days later found the easiest way was: dracut --force -m 
"nfs nfs4" drive3testing.img `uname -r`

Regards,

George Toft

On 11/29/2016 11:00 PM, George Toft wrote:
> Of course, 5 minutes after I sent this, I got the modules to load into 
> the initramfs:
>
> [root at localhost tftpboot]# dracut --force -m "network" --add-drivers 
> "sunrpc.ko `find 
> /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet 
> -type f -exec basename {} \;`" drive3testing.img 
> 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
> [root at localhost tftpboot]# lsinitrd drive3testing.img | grep ethernet
> drwxr-xr-x  22 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet
> drwxr-xr-x   6 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        59805 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alx.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        71549 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        66885 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        64405 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        55613 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        58053 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       125461 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root      1040525 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        93997 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       243413 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       226757 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bna.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        18269 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/at91_ether.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40797 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        38957 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       242437 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       343149 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       109213 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       127589 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        54005 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/de2104x.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        72965 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/de4x5.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        45997 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/dmfe.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       113557 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        38925 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/uli526x.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        52949 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/winbond-840.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        26285 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/xircom_cb.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        37685 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/dnet.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       188445 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be2net.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        30765 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/icplus
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        38565 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/icplus/ipg.ko
> drwxr-xr-x  11 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       251805 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       389989 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       165885 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       406245 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       115445 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       329749 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        64557 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/igbvf.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       424669 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        87181 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        66461 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        13557 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        74173 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        95117 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       465605 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_core.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       177373 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       277773 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        93845 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       112749 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       169061 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        69037 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       460453 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       142429 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        51205 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        68877 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       127725 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       508133 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/sfc.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        44309 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/epic100.ko
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        48869 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc9420.ko
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:26 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ti
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        57581 Oct 24 09:50 
> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.ko
> [root at localhost tftpboot]#
>
>
> Still doesn't work - getting this error:
>
> localhost.localdomain dracut-initqueue[240]: RTNETLINK answers: File 
> exists
>
> and only loopback network is up.  3 minutes later, it drops me into 
> the dracut emergency shell.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Regards,
>
> George Toft
>
> On 11/29/2016 10:17 PM, George Toft wrote:
>> OS: CentOS 7
>>
>> I'm building an image for a diskless workstation, and it turns out 
>> about 25% of the clients don't work (great description).
>>
>> The problem is the laptop NIC hardware.  What I found works are the 
>> older laptops that use the e1000 NIC, but some newer ones don't work 
>> - they are using something else.  I tried to create the initramdisk 
>> using dracut:
>>
>> dracut --force -m "nfs network base" drive3testing.img 
>> 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
>>
>> and when I look at the modules included, I get:
>>
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]# lsinitrd drive3testing.img | grep ethernet
>> drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root            0 Nov 29 21:54 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet
>> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 21:54 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 21:54 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       389989 Oct 24 09:50 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 21:54 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        51205 Oct 24 09:50 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.ko
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        68877 Oct 24 09:50 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]#
>>
>> yet the number of ethernet kernel modules are far greater:
>>
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]# find 
>> /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet 
>> -type f -exec basename {} \;
>> alx.ko
>> atl1c.ko
>> atl1e.ko
>> atl1.ko
>> atl2.ko
>> b44.ko
>> bnx2.ko
>> bnx2x.ko
>> cnic.ko
>> tg3.ko
>> bna.ko
>> at91_ether.ko
>> macb.ko
>> xgmac.ko
>> cxgb3.ko
>> cxgb4.ko
>> cxgb4vf.ko
>> enic.ko
>> de2104x.ko
>> de4x5.ko
>> dmfe.ko
>> tulip.ko
>> uli526x.ko
>> winbond-840.ko
>> xircom_cb.ko
>> dnet.ko
>> be2net.ko
>> ethoc.ko
>> ipg.ko
>> e1000.ko
>> e1000e.ko
>> fm10k.ko
>> i40e.ko
>> i40evf.ko
>> igb.ko
>> igbvf.ko
>> ixgbe.ko
>> ixgbevf.ko
>> jme.ko
>> mvmdio.ko
>> skge.ko
>> sky2.ko
>> mlx4_core.ko
>> mlx4_en.ko
>> mlx5_core.ko
>> myri10ge.ko
>> pch_gbe.ko
>> netxen_nic.ko
>> qla3xxx.ko
>> qlcnic.ko
>> qlge.ko
>> 8139cp.ko
>> 8139too.ko
>> r8169.ko
>> sfc.ko
>> epic100.ko
>> smsc9420.ko
>> tlan.ko
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]#
>>
>> So I thought I found the answer, and shoved that list into the dracut 
>> command like so:
>>
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]# dracut --force -m "nfs network base `find 
>> /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet 
>> -type f -exec basename {} \;`" drivewipe3testing.img 
>> 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
>> dracut module 'alx.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'atl1c.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'atl1e.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'atl1.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'atl2.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'b44.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'bnx2.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'bnx2x.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'cnic.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'tg3.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'bna.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'at91_ether.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'macb.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'xgmac.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'cxgb3.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> :
>> dracut module 'epic100.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'smsc9420.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> dracut module 'tlan.ko' cannot be found or installed.
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]#
>>
>> I even tried to just list the directory name like so:
>>
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]# dracut --force -m "nfs network base `find 
>> /usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet 
>> -type d -exec basename {} \;`" drivewipe3testing.img 
>> 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
>>
>> But that did didn't help much:
>>
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]# lsinitrd drivewipe3testing.img | grep 
>> ethernet
>> Arguments: --force -m 'nfs network base ethernet atheros alx atl1c 
>> atl1e atlx broadcom bnx2x brocade bna cadence calxeda chelsio cxgb3 
>> cxgb4 cxgb4vf cisco enic dec tulip emulex benet icplus intel e1000 
>> e1000e fm10k i40e i40evf igb igbvf ixgbe ixgbevf marvell mellanox 
>> mlx4 mlx5 core myricom myri10ge oki-semi pch_gbe qlogic netxen qlcnic 
>> qlge realtek sfc smsc ti'
>> drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:04 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet
>> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:04 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:04 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       389989 Oct 24 09:50 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Nov 29 22:04 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        51205 Oct 24 09:50 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.ko
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        68877 Oct 24 09:50 
>> usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.ko
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]#
>>
>>
>> Listing of /etc/dracut.conf (space-saving mode - comments left out):
>>
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]# grep -v "^#" /etc/dracut.conf | grep -v "^$"
>> add_dracutmodules+="nfs"
>> [root at localhost tftpboot]#
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
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