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Operating Systems Solaris Restore from Flash Archive on local filesystem Post 302501518 by the.gooch on Thursday 3rd of March 2011 07:26:54 PM
Old 03-03-2011
Question Restore from Flash Archive on local filesystem
I am doing a practice restore using a test UNIX(Solaris) system, and a SCSI Hard Drive whose slice 5 contains the Flash Archive file that I need to restore from.

The test system is offline( no network ) and does not have external devices, such as tape drive. My goal is to somehow restore the flash archive to the test system.

What I have done so far is to insert the backup hard drive into the test system, run probe-scsi at the "ok" prompt, and see that it is recognized, which it is.

However, when I boot from the Solaris 10 installation DVD and select "install from flash archive" and then select "local file" , I am at a loss as to how to populate the "file path" field.

Is there a way to make a mount point for the filesystem containing the flash archive, mount it, and then point the installation program to the flash archive file?

From probe-scsi output, here is the device with the desired flash archive file:
Target 2
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST373207LSUN72G 045A 143374738 Blocks, 70007 MB
 

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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD

trm

TRM(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						    TRM(4)

NAME

     trm -- Tekram TRM-S1040 ASIC based PCI SCSI host adapter driver

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

	   device scbus
	   device trm

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

	   trm_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The trm driver supports PCI SCSI host adapters based on the Tekram TRM-S1040 SCSI ASIC.

HARDWARE

     SCSI controllers supported by the trm driver include:

     o	 Tekram DC-315 PCI Ultra SCSI adapter without BIOS and internal SCSI connector
     o	 Tekram DC-315U PCI Ultra SCSI adapter without BIOS
     o	 Tekram DC-395F PCI Ultra-Wide SCSI adapter with flash BIOS and 68-pin external SCSI connector
     o	 Tekram DC-395U PCI Ultra SCSI adapter with flash BIOS
     o	 Tekram DC-395UW PCI Ultra-Wide SCSI adapter with flash BIOS
     o	 Tekram DC-395U2W PCI Ultra2-Wide SCSI adapter with flash BIOS

     For the Tekram DC-310/U and DC-390F/U/UW/U2B/U2W/U3W PCI SCSI host adapters, use the sym(4) driver.

SEE ALSO

     cd(4), ch(4), da(4), intro(4), sa(4), scsi(4), sym(4)

     http://www.tekram.com/

AUTHORS

     The trm driver was originally written for FreeBSD 3.0/i386 by Erich Chen of Tekram Technology, and ported to FreeBSD 5.0 by Olivier Houchard
     <cognet@FreeBSD.org>.

BSD
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