User`s guide

20 Sun StorEdge DLT8000 Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide • February 2001
▼ To Modify the st.conf File
Read this entire procedure before editing the st.conf file.
Note – The syntax is critical. Verify the placement of commas, semicolons, and
beginning and ending quotation marks.
1. Become superuser.
2. Make a copy of the original st.conf file as a backup (st.conf.old).
3. Edit the st.conf file.
Using an editor, scroll through the st.conf file to the following line:
a. Delete the # character that begins the line, if it has not already been removed.
b. Scroll down until you come to the end of the “Tape Device Identifiers” section.
The line will look something like:
c. On the next line, add the following entry exactly as shown:
Note – If multiple devices are enabled (lines uncommented), only the last
uncommented lines with this format must end with a semicolon. All previous lines
with this format must end with a comma.
% su
Password:
#
# cp /kernel/drv/st.conf /kernel/drv/st.conf.old
#tape-config-list=
# “\076\000”,”Fujitsu 1/2\” Cartridge”, “Fujitsu_half”;
“QUANTUM DLT8000”, “Quantum DLT 8000”, “QDLT8”;