[elrepo] using rpm for installation driver update

[Phil Perry]

On 11/10/2021 09:43, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> On October 11, 2021 11:27:23 AM GMT+03:00, Jim Eitel <j.eitel at cox.net> wrote:
>> Recent Linux releases from RedHat, CentOS and Fedora do not include the
>> forcedeth
>> driver which I need for my motherboard ethernet ports.  There is
>> supposed to be a way
>> to set up a driver file on a device like a USB drive, CD or DVD that
>> can be made available
>> to the Anaconda installation program.  With this in mind, I downloaded
>> your
>> kmod-forcedeth-0.0-6.el8_4.elrepo.x86_64.rpm.  I have looked at several
>> articles put out
>> by CentOS and RedHat but can't come up with anything that works.  It
>> appears that the
>> Anaconda installation program expects something in .iso format but I am
>> not sure.
>>
>> The main issue is how do you take an RPM file and use it to create
>> something the
>> installer will work with.
>>
>> Just thought you might have some suggestions.
>>
> Place it on an USB stick, label the stick OEMDRV and use createrepo to create a yum repository on the stick.
> 
> wolfy
> 

As Wolfy says above, you will need to create a Driver Update Disk (DUD) 
image from the latest kmod-forcedeth rpm package, as we do not currently 
provide one for the forcedeth driver.

To assist in that process, we have published the script we use to create 
driver disks here:

https://github.com/elrepo/elrepo-scripts/blob/master/mkdd.sh

Regards,

Phil