PCI-card and /etc/path_to_inst

Hello!
I have a problem with my PCI-card (this is E1-controller) in SF V120
bash-3.00# uname -a
SunOS CAREM2 5.10 Generic_118833-33 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2
When I place card in the PCI slot, information in /etc/path_to_inst is updates:
bash-3.00# cat /etc/path_to_inst
+. . .+
+. . . <output omitted>+
+"/pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci7777,113@5" 0 "cpt02pci"+
+"/pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci7777,8@5,1" 0 "fastvr"+
+. . .+
+. . . <output omitted>+
Then I take out card from the server:
bash-3.00# devfsadm -vC
bash-3.00#
And string in /etc/path_to_inst file has no changed.
bash-3.00# cat /etc/path_to_inst
+. . .+
+. . . <output omitted>+
+"/pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci7777,113@5" 0 "cpt02pci"+
+"/pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci7777,8@5,1" 0 "fastvr"+
+. . .+
+. . . <output omitted>+
Then I change /etc/path_to_inst file manually and delete this strings.
After reboot (without the PCI-card):
bash-3.00# cat /etc/path_to_inst
+. . .+
+. . . <output omitted>+
+"/pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci7777,113@5" 0 "cpt02pci"+
+"/pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci7777,8@5,1" 0 "fastvr"+
+. . .+
+. . . <output omitted>+
Why?
Thanks a lots and sory for my english. =)

First of all, why do you want to remove the entry from /etc/path_to_inst? It's not common.
Second, there's probably a link in /dev/cfg for the old controller. I don't know if deleting that link would help at all.
Oh, and 3rd, does it make any difference if you edit /etc/path_to_inst live on the machine, or edit it while booted from other media (like CD or network)?
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