[rescue] Backup question

[Mike Hebel]

Ross Alexander wrote:
>>>I have an LX with an external Exabyte 8500 running Solaris 2.7 with
>>>amanda as my backup server. It's my first Solaris box.  I was wondering 
>>>what kind of hardware and kernel stuff you're referring to.  
>>
>>I was referring to the st.conf stuff.  You need to make sure it matches 
>>your tape drive so Solaris sees it's capabilities properly.  Edit that, 
>>reboot with a boot -R and that was all I was referring to.
> 
> 
> I don't see an /etc/st.conf. Should it be somewhere else?

*dredges ancient greymatter*
IIRC it's in:
/kernel/drv/st.conf

This file might help:

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/802-7712-10?q=st.conf

Check with the drive vendor site just to make sure though.

Mike Hebel