Loading the device driver manually, To configure and load the device driver – Sun Microsystems 1.0 User Manual

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Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Loading the Device Driver Manually

Normally, the SunFDDI/P device driver is loaded and configured by the
post-installation script, which is launched automatically when the software is
installed. If you encounter problems when running this script, or if you want
to customize the installation, you may need to load the device driver manually.

▼ To Configure and Load the Device Driver

1. Log in as

root

or become

superuser

2. Check that there are no partially installed drivers for SunFDDI/P.

a. Check for existing SunFDDI/P devices in the

/dev

directory.

b. Use

rem_drv(1M)

to remove any installed SunFDDI/P devices and

remove the device directories.

c. Check the

/etc/name_to_major

file for entries of the form

and

smt

and remove these if they exist.

3. Use

add_drv(1M)

to inform the system about the new drivers.

4. Check that the device drivers have been added to the system correctly.

a. Look in the

/devices/pseudo

directory for entries of the form:

# ls /dev | grep pf

# /usr/sbin/rem_drv pf

# /bin/rm —f /dev/pf

# /usr/sbin/add_drv pf

ls -l /devices/pseudo | grep pf

crw------- 1 root sys 11,119

clone@0:pf