Modify the initrd.gz file on Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd

[pilonbrad]

We are having issues with the Dell Optiplex 755 model with our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd but we found the issue.

By remming (using the # symbol) out certain lines in the install.s file we are able to successfully intall the Zen Partition To test this out we ran manual from the Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd and copied the install.s from the Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd onto the Zen Partition and we modified the few lines in the install.s file (using the # symbol as mentioned earlier) and the ran install.s from the hard drive and it worked great! Running install.s from the Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd however generates errors.

Here's the problem, we need to incorporate the changes to the install.s file into our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd.

Now the install.s is located in the initrd.gz file, and the initrd.gz file is located at the root of our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd (bootcd.iso was copied from SYS:\Public\Zenworks\Imaging).

We normally use the Slackware 10.2 Linux to compile drivers for our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd box as it uses the kernel 2.4.31 which is the kernel of our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd.

How can we modify the install.s in the initrd.gz, and then include the new initrd.gz file which is located at the root of our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd?

Also, does other files such as isolinux.cfg have to be factored in as well?

We read some documentation on Novell's support but it keeps referring to initrd and not initrd.gz, also in the documentation I read it states that initrd is located in the /boot/loader on the bootcd, but we don't have these directories on our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd and we don't have initrd but we do have initrd.gz at the root of our Zenworks 4.01 ir7 bootcd as mentioned previously. We used our Slackware 10.2 Linux box to follow this documentation link below.

Here's the link to the document we were doing for Netware 6.5 SP2 and earlier, we didn't use the Zenworks 7 approach:

Cool Solutions: Compiling Scripts within the ZENworks Imaging Boot CD

Thanks!