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Re: SS-LX to SS-20 upgrade - how to modify devices, etc. + Q on CPU's

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From: Casper H.S. Dik - Network Securi...
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:00

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werner@cubbyhole.com (Werner) writes:

>Craig Dewick <cdewick@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:

>: Hi,

>: I'll be replacing this machine (currently an LX) with an SS-20 soon, and I
>: was wondering if anyone has detailed the process to reconstruct the device
>: tree, etc. on the disk to suit the new hardware without having to re-install
>: SunOS?

>I have done this the following way:

>Boot from CD ROM
>mount the / partition from the disk onto /mnt
>rm -fr /mnt/dev*
>ufsdump or cpio the /dev* directories from the CD to /mnt/dev* on the disk
>touch /mnt/reconfigure
>cp /etc/device.tab /etc/devlink.tab to /mnt/etc


Don't forget about /etc/name_to_major.  It's critically important.

(If the device numbers don't match the device tree, your system will
probably panic)

Casper
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From: Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.Com (Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer)
Subject: Re: SS-LX to SS-20 upgrade - how to modify devices, etc. + Q on CPU's
Date: 1998/11/03
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