Re: 'boot cdrom' - how to install tape drive to perform ufsrestore
From: Andrew Gabriel (andrew_at_cucumber.demon.co.uk)
Date: 05/31/03
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Date: 31 May 2003 01:25:28 GMT
In article <88e8a032.0305300437.19f44983@posting.google.com>,
tim.swallow@qxlva.com (Tim) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am investigating how to restore my solaris system from my backup
> tapes.
>
> My plan is to boot from my installation cd and then reformat the disk
> and restore my partitions from tape (ufsdumps).
You might take a look at sysbkup/sysrestore which does exactly this:
http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/solaris/
Note I haven't updated them since Solaris 7 though.
> unfortunately my tape drive is not detected when booting off the cd.
>
> #MT status
> /dev/rmt/0n: no such file or directory.
>
> If i try a drvconfig i get read-only errors
You don't say which Solaris release, but older ones didn't use to
create the /dev/rmt/ nodes when booting from cdrom. All you need
to do is run tapes(1M). One thing to be aware of -- if you have
multiple tape devices, they may end up differently numbered when
you boot from cdrom than they are when you boot your regular
system.
-- Andrew Gabriel Consultant Software Engineer
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