Re: 'boot cdrom' - how to install tape drive to perform ufsrestore
From: Scott Howard (scott_at_hunterlink.net.au)
Date: 05/30/03
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Date: 30 May 2003 14:39:17 GMT
Tim <tim.swallow@qxlva.com> wrote:
> My plan is to boot from my installation cd and then reformat the disk
> and restore my partitions from tape (ufsdumps).
>
> unfortunately my tape drive is not detected when booting off the cd.
>
> #MT status
> /dev/rmt/0n: no such file or directory.
What sort of tape drive? If it's a SCSI-attached tape drive and you can't
see it when booted from the CD then it's most likely you've got some form
of physical problem (dead tape drive/scsi card/cable/etc).
Can you see the tape drive when you run "probe-scsi-all" from the OK
prompt?
Scott
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