[SunHELP] Missing device files (fwd)

[Alan Rubin]

Eureka!  We moved from a Classic to a Sparc 5.  Followed David's
suggestions and it now works.  Thanks, Dave.

alan

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*Alan Rubin*
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:27:36 -0500
From: David Morley <dmorley at boothnewspapers.com>
To: rubin at ezy.net
Subject: Missing device files

Alan,
    This sound like the disk types have changed.  ie: restiored from a
system that has FAST internal drives to a system that has FAST/WIDE
internal drives or vice/versa.  I believe that you can get around this
problem by removing/renaming /etc/path_to_inst and
/etc/path_to_inst.old.  Then reboot your new system using the command
boot -ras.  I believe this will rebuild the devices correctly and allow
the machine to boot.  Hope this helps

Dave

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