My original question was:
I have a new Solaris 2.5.1 box that I configured a few months ago. We had an
Exabyte SCSI tape drive (8mm) on a SunOS 4.1.4 box that I now want to use on
the Solaris box. However, I can't figure out how to a) create the entries in
the device table, and b) make the kernel recognize the tape drive at boot time.
I read the man pages for 'tapes' and 'drvconfig' but they weren't too helpful.
The two ZD books I have on Solaris administration were of no help either.
What do I need to do to the Solaris box, that I built and configured *without*
a tape drive, to make it recognize the new tape drive?
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What I needed was a "reconfiguration boot". You can make one happen by:
1. boot -r at the OK prompt
2. touch /reconfigure and it will happen the next time you
boot
Dan Brainard noted, "Note that a reconfiguration boot will add
devices, it will not remove unused definitions, it will overlay any
old ones that are replaced with newer ones."
Several others mentioned running:
# drvconfig
# tapes
Thanks for the quick responses from:
"Coffindaffer, Virginia" <Virginia.Coffindaffer@wang.com>
"David H. Brierley" <dhb@ssd.ray.com>
"K.Ravi" <RAVKRISH.IN.ORACLE.COM.ofcmail@in.oracle.com>
"Manuel Gil - Reach Networks Inc. New York" <mgil@reach.com>
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Ada Chan <chan@library.ucsf.edu>
Amanda Simondson <ajs@IEOR.Berkeley.EDU>
Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com>
Dan Brainard <brainard@ihs.com>
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John Bradley <john.bradley@sr5.chinalake.navy.mil>
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