Possible a dumb question, but when you go to /dev/rmt/ and do an ls, does anything show up?
If not, do a reconfigure reboot. I am sure there are other ways, but this is the easiest (IMO). Shannon On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 15:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a DAT storing a ufsdump of a Solaris 2.5/Intel server. I've got a > Solaris 2.6/Intel workstation I'm trying to extract into to recover > /export/home/database and stuff. I've got a Seagate STD24000N (with three > zeroes, unlike the more common "2400N" label I'm used to seeing) on the 2.6 > workstation that doesn't even read. That same tape drive will connect to a > docked Windows laptop and image the HD through MS Backup, but it won't even > rewind on this 2.6 platform. The drive IS detected during boot as SCSI id 2 > and as an st driver tape, but I can't read it, write it, or even rewind it. > 'mt rewind' gets me "I/O error: tape not loaded or offline", paraphrased very > closely from memory. > > Any thoughts? I don't even find "Seagate" tape drives on the sun.com HW > compatibility list, which is just bogus. I'm open to suggestions at this > point, including another DAT brand and model that is known to work on Solaris > 2.6. Thanks. > > -j > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
