Custom ISO 9.1.1 image with r8168-dkms baked in?

omgzwhitepeople

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I was having issues with hosts crashing. I traced it to the Realtek r8169 driver (seems to be a known issue). I downgraded the Realtek r8169 to r8168-dkms and all is stable and fine now.
The install process is annoying, a lot of it can be automated but other parts require reboots and manual work because I use secure boot.
Is there a ISO image of latest proxmox that has the r8168-dkms image built into it so I can install proxmox on my hosts with r8168-dkms out of the box?
Here is the kicker, I want this all to support secure boot as well.

1. Are there ISO images for the latest version of Proxmox that have r8168-dkms built in so I can just install fresh and have the driver with secure boot?
2. Is there a way I can make my own ISO image for the latest version of Proxmox that have the r8168-dkms built in so I can just install fresh and have the driver with secure boot?
 
Hi,

no, not directly.
If using the automated installer is an option, then building something with the First Boot Hook might be possible.

But using a DKMS module complicates this quite a bit. This (usually) requires enrolling a custom key into the firmware, which (for very good reason!) cannot be done fully automatic. See also our documentation on that: Using DKMS/Third Party Modules With Secure Boot