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.
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