Search Results

- You can first check/test the archive with "tar -tvf /dev/yourtape".
- Then check the output and verify the full paths to the files on tape.
- if the filepath is /etc/yourfiles you can restore...

already suggested this, tape doesn't work there. This is a good idea.

You can't expect it to boot with a trashed /etc. You'll have to boot a recovery environment of some sort, maybe a Solaris installer disk, and work from there, running utilities from a prompt.