Like I said, "the drive IS detected during boot as SCSI id 2 and as an st 
driver tape".  Solaris rebuilds /dev on each boot from devices configured in 
/etc/path_to_inst or from a reconfigure scan if one is specified.  I've got 
/dev/rmt/0* listed, and the long listing of 0 points to a pci bus, a scsi 
controller, device 2,0.

-j

> 
> From: Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2002/08/02 Fri PM 04:56:56 EDT
> To: BRLUG-general <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] tape backup issue
> 
> 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  
> > 
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