/dev/rmt is empty - Trying to make Tape Drive Functional

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Originally Posted by cvaughn

Ok, let me rephrase it: I've not gotten probe to work as of yet. I'm not running Sun H/W, so when I'm in Single User Mode there isn't an ok> prompt. However when I do attempt to run probe-scsi-all from SUM, it tells me "probe: command not found" because I'm actaully at the root prompt.

I know.. That's why I said to check for any possible drivers that you need to install. Forget about probing anymore.

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