how to replace a tape drive in Unix

[gman10]

Hi,

I need a quick solution.. if there is such a thing. I need to replace a tapedrive in Unix.. Don't know what the tape drive or the flavor of Unix is quite yet but is there a general format to follow when replacing a tapedrive in Unix. The one currently in this system is supposedly not responding to anything and is sitting in its bay sort of dead...

thanks

Gman

 

[KenCunningham]

If it's Solaris, shut the system down, replace the tape drive and reboot. At the OK prompt, boot -r and your system should recognise the new device as it commes back up. HTH.

 

[gman10]

Thanks! I'll try it, are there any other steps I should incorporate to this process??

gman

 

[KenCunningham]

Not as far as I'm aware. An alternative is to swap out the tape drive, touch reconfigure in the root directory and bounce the box. The reconfigure file is a flag telling the OS to check for new hardware when it reboots. HTH.