Oh, where to begin...

I'm working on a project involving Zenworks 7 imaging and a piece of
hardware that doesn't like any kernel that's moderately old.  Zenworks
7 employs a kernel based on 2.6.5 and an initrd provides the imaging
utility.  Not being an initrd guru, I'm a bit stuck.

The problem is that the Zenworks linux kernel will boot to the point
of detecting PCI hardware, then lock up the machine.

As I can figure it, I either need to use a more recent kernel and
update the initrd with the modules or use a DSDT table to get over the
PCI issue.  Both have been unsuccessful for me.

Anyone here comfortable working with initrd to help me out?

-Brian