SPLAT on Sun X2100 & 'ramdisk' file fstype

[bvark]

Has anyone successfully installed SPLAT on a Sun X2100 using Netboot (either PXE or Floppy/CD)?

I'm being prompted to insert a driver disk, but I don't have a floppy drive (same problem as http://www.cpug.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1381).

If I could edit the contents of the ramdisk, I could probably include the necessary SATA drivers, but I can't seem to find out which fstype it is to mount it!

The website documentation says "Requires the media kit of NGX R60 HFA03" - has anyone had any joy with a Netboot on that platform?

[bvark]

To answer my own question (for any following down this unwise path), the 'ramdisk' image is a gzipped cramfs filesystem - un-gzip'ing it and then loop mounting it (e.g. mount -o loop /tftpboot/ramdisk /mnt/floppy) allows you to access the contents.

There are several guides to rebuilding boot ramdisks for Redhat linux that do a good job of explaining how adding new drivers works (sadly this doesn't help you on the X2100).

Now to wait for Checkpoint to actually release HFA03 media pack... sigh.

[Sergej]

If you have a support contract you can get (in rare cases) an FTP download link from local CheckPoint SE or Support channels.