Thanks for the commands and support so far. The only issue is that when I type the commands you had specified,
and...@netbook:~# rmformat Looking for devices... No removables found. and...@netbook:~# format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c8d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9844 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /p...@0,0/pci-...@1f,2/i...@0/c...@0,0 Specify disk (enter its number): (Which of course, at this point, I break with ^C as I don't want to destroy disks.) All this happens. And only one partition shows up?! This isn't making sense. Now, upon ls /dev/dsk, assuming OpenSolaris' 'slices' were here, I get (as I described earlier) these, which I'm not going to try to mount individually: and...@netbook:~$ ls /dev/dsk c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0 c10t0d0s14 c1t3d0p1 c7t0d0s15 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0p0 c10t0d0s15 c1t3d0p2 c7t0d0s2 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0p1 c10t0d0s2 c1t3d0p3 c7t0d0s3 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0p2 c10t0d0s3 c1t3d0p4 c7t0d0s4 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0p3 c10t0d0s4 c1t3d0s0 c7t0d0s5 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0p4 c10t0d0s5 c1t3d0s1 c7t0d0s6 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s0 c10t0d0s6 c1t3d0s10 c7t0d0s7 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s1 c10t0d0s7 c1t3d0s11 c7t0d0s8 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s10 c10t0d0s8 c1t3d0s12 c7t0d0s9 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s11 c10t0d0s9 c1t3d0s13 c8d0p0 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s12 c11t0d0p0 c1t3d0s14 c8d0p1 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s13 c11t0d0p1 c1t3d0s15 c8d0p2 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s14 c11t0d0p2 c1t3d0s2 c8d0p3 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s15 c11t0d0p3 c1t3d0s3 c8d0p4 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s2 c11t0d0p4 c1t3d0s4 c8d0s0 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s3 c11t0d0s0 c1t3d0s5 c8d0s1 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s4 c11t0d0s1 c1t3d0s6 c8d0s10 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s5 c11t0d0s10 c1t3d0s7 c8d0s11 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s6 c11t0d0s11 c1t3d0s8 c8d0s12 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s8 c11t0d0s12 c1t3d0s9 c8d0s13 c0t600C0FF00000000007FC940DE0717A00d0s9 c11t0d0s13 c2t0d0p0 c8d0s14 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0p0 c11t0d0s14 c2t0d0p1 c8d0s15 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0p1 c11t0d0s15 c2t0d0p2 c8d0s2 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0p2 c11t0d0s2 c2t0d0p3 c8d0s3 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0p3 c11t0d0s3 c2t0d0p4 c8d0s4 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0p4 c11t0d0s4 c2t0d0s0 c8d0s5 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s0 c11t0d0s5 c2t0d0s1 c8d0s6 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s1 c11t0d0s6 c2t0d0s10 c8d0s7 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s10 c11t0d0s7 c2t0d0s11 c8d0s8 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s11 c11t0d0s8 c2t0d0s12 c8d0s9 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s12 c11t0d0s9 c2t0d0s13 c9t0d0p0 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s13 c1t0d0p0 c2t0d0s14 c9t0d0p1 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s14 c1t0d0p1 c2t0d0s15 c9t0d0p2 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s15 c1t0d0p2 c2t0d0s2 c9t0d0p3 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s2 c1t0d0p3 c2t0d0s3 c9t0d0p4 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s3 c1t0d0p4 c2t0d0s4 c9t0d0s0 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s4 c1t0d0s0 c2t0d0s5 c9t0d0s1 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s5 c1t0d0s1 c2t0d0s6 c9t0d0s10 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s6 c1t0d0s10 c2t0d0s7 c9t0d0s11 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s7 c1t0d0s11 c2t0d0s8 c9t0d0s12 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s8 c1t0d0s12 c2t0d0s9 c9t0d0s13 c0t600C0FF000000000081A783147566300d0s9 c1t0d0s13 c7t0d0p0 c9t0d0s14 c10t0d0p0 c1t0d0s14 c7t0d0p1 c9t0d0s15 c10t0d0p1 c1t0d0s15 c7t0d0p2 c9t0d0s2 c10t0d0p2 c1t0d0s2 c7t0d0p3 c9t0d0s3 c10t0d0p3 c1t0d0s3 c7t0d0p4 c9t0d0s4 c10t0d0p4 c1t0d0s4 c7t0d0s0 c9t0d0s5 c10t0d0s0 c1t0d0s5 c7t0d0s1 c9t0d0s6 c10t0d0s1 c1t0d0s6 c7t0d0s10 c9t0d0s7 c10t0d0s10 c1t0d0s7 c7t0d0s11 c9t0d0s8 c10t0d0s11 c1t0d0s8 c7t0d0s12 c9t0d0s9 c10t0d0s12 c1t0d0s9 c7t0d0s13 c10t0d0s13 The partition IS there--OpenSolaris just isn't picking it up as external/removable or internal after the OpenSolaris installation replacing the customized Linux install I had previously had running. I learned of OpenSolaris, and two days ago decided to give it a shot over Linux. I'm proficient with Linux, just not completely with OpenSolaris yet. The underlying system works differently, apparently... I thought the two were near the same. Through all this, I imagine I'm making myself out to be a moron at computing, as far as Solaris goes anyway. However, -- Before the install: /dev/sda1 was the primary partition (where Linux was installed). /dev/sda5 was the secondary underneath a configuration where /dev/sda2 was above sda5 using the parted utility under Linux. -- During the install I chose to install Solaris on my first partition, which should have been sda1. sda5 I made absolutely sure was untouched by the installer at least. Any background commands that could have affected it? -- After the install: Following this, I tried the Linux line 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda5 /mnt/mydisk' when I saw sda5 did not exist as 'mounted' in GNOME. (Please note: mydisk was a directory I made for it to mount to.) It could not mount the disk, and that is where I read posts online about OpenSolaris realizing I was a Solaris newbie, typing in ls /dev/dsk only to find an array of IDs or nodes or something of the like there..... That is where I came here for assistance. I have about 7.2 GB of my stuff in here, and it DID and I hope still DOES exist! Otherwise, I might wind up running Linux on a live end to try and find it. At this point, I'm honestly and crazily wondering if OpenSolaris disposed of my partition if it can't find it on its maps. Hope this isn't being a headache or scaring people off, and I **really** appreciate your assistance so far. It is helping having a little Solaris knowledge now. Any ideas relevant to a Linux guy's understanding? Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org