diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 62eb5f9..94bd496 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 * copy DOC/* to Live Kit created
 * describe meaning of special files in bundles
+* PXE should include all possible .ko dependencies else some of the ethernet modules won't work, like b44.ko
diff --git a/initramfs/initramfs_create b/initramfs/initramfs_create
index 8feb9f7..ace95b6 100755
--- a/initramfs/initramfs_create
+++ b/initramfs/initramfs_create
@@ -74,12 +74,15 @@ copy_including_deps /$LMK/kernel/drivers/block/loop.*
 copy_including_deps /$LMK/kernel/fs/fuse
 copy_including_deps /$LMK/modules.*
 
-depmod -b $INITRAMFS $KERNEL
+find $INITRAMFS -name "*.ko.gz" | xargs gunzip
+
 # trim modules.order file. Perhaps we could remove it entirely
 MODULEORDER="$(cd "$INITRAMFS/$LMK/"; find -name "*.ko" | sed -r "s:^./::g" | tr "\n" "|" | sed -r "s:[.]:.:g")"
-cat $INITRAMFS/$LMK/modules.order | grep -E "$MODULEORDER"/foo/bar > $INITRAMFS/$LMK/_
+cat $INITRAMFS/$LMK/modules.order | sed -r "s/.ko.gz\$/.ko/" | grep -E "$MODULEORDER"/foo/bar > $INITRAMFS/$LMK/_
 mv $INITRAMFS/$LMK/_ $INITRAMFS/$LMK/modules.order
 
+depmod -b $INITRAMFS $KERNEL
+
 echo "root::0:0::/root:/bin/bash" >$INITRAMFS/etc/passwd
 touch $INITRAMFS/etc/{m,fs}tab