metainit -r metadb -i metastat metattach d0 d20 metadeattach d0 d20 metasync d0 http://troysunix.blogspot.com/2010/12/mounting-svm-root-disk-from-cdrom.html Mounting an SVM Root Disk from CDROM The following illustrates how to mount a root disk under Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) control when booted from a CDROM. Our host details: HOST: snorkle PROMPT: cdrom [0] OS: Solaris 10 u8 x86 SVM ROOT DEVICE: d2 PHYSICAL ROOT SLICE: c1t1d0s0 NOTES: The following is applicable for Solaris 9 and 10, x86 and SPARC. Also, while a boot from CDROM is used for the example, booting from jumpstart would work as well. Though the following details accessing the SVM managed root disk, after step 3, any SVM volume could instead be mounted and managed. Regardless