[OpenIndiana-discuss] Edit file in /etc/ from InstallCD

Harry Putnam reader at newsguy.com
Tue Aug 13 22:30:38 UTC 2013


Harry wrote:
>> Anyway, what do I have to do to get to those files in /etc now that
>> the OS will not boot?

Lucas Van Tol <catseyev9 at hotmail.com> replied:

> Can you 
> zpool import -R /realroot rpool
> to import the rpool under /realroot ?  You might also have to mount
> the filesystems after that , or create the directory before hand.

Thanks for the input.
I guess you are talking about having booted from install media?

Before I do irreparable damage: 
Is "realroot" supposed to be a disc name like: c4d0 with the solaris
partition s0, like c4d0s0? 





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