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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In the past (<a
href="http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2008-August/003082.html">http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2008-August/003082.html</a>),
I had tried to boot my SunFire V120 server with the CentOS-5 Sparc tftp64.img,
but discovered that the tftp64.img does not have the SunGem driver available in
it. I had posted to the CentOS Bugzilla site about the sungem driver (<a
href="http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3061" target="_blank">http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3061</a>)
source code that I found, but there is a note from one of the developers about building
a device driver. The bug report is still in a ‘new’ status.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My questions are – How can building a device driver be
done and how do I use it prior to when I am attempting to start the CentOS
installation via TFTP only? The Sparc server doesn’t have a floppy or
CD-Rom drive attached, thus TFTP is the only way to remotely boot this server
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-- Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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