With reference to the recent USB mounting issues - you don't have to
install build 60 if you just want to try it.  The Live Media project
allows building a bootable (Live) DVD and a bootable USB key (2Gb).
You'll need 5Gb of disk space to build the images and the toolkit is
biased towards ZFS.  To save you a little time - here's a copy of the
README file you get when you download the toolkit:

-------- README --------
Welcome to the OpenSolaris Live Media kit.

This kit may be used to construct a live DVD or USB flash device from a Solaris
Express x86 installation DVD.  This kit contains the following:

build_live_dvd: main script which is executed to construct the Live DVD image
build_live_dvd.conf.sample: sample configuration file for build_live_dvd
bootcd_skel: directory hierarchy of modifications for Live DVD operation
packages: collection of additional pieces used in the live DVD, most notably
the compressed lofi driver.
usbcopy: utility to copy a live USB image to a designated device

To construct a live DVD or USB image:

1.  Obtain a Solaris Express x86 installation DVD image.  Using lofi to
mount up the .iso is recommended for speed of building.  A combined netinstall
image constructed from CD's will also work.  This kit is configured to work
correctly with build 60.
2.  Copy build_live_dvd.conf.sample to build_live_dvd.conf and configure it
to use correct paths for its work.  Note that you'll need at least 5 GB
of free space in the area pointed to by BOOTCD_PROTO, more if you intend to also
build the USB images.
3.  Execute build_live_dvd as root.  The entire process will be logged to
build_live_dvd.log.  This will take roughly 1.5 hours on relatively new hardware.
4.  Create your live media image:
	- For a DVD, burn the resulting solaris_live.iso using cdrw or cdrecord.
	- For a USB memory stick, run the included usbcopy program
5.  Insert the DVD or USB stick and reboot; you may need to interrupt your BIOS
to select the correct boot device.  The GRUB menu offers both graphical
and text mode.
6.  You'll need to answer one question regarding keyboard layout.
7.  Login as root, password is solaris.

Known issues:
- powernow isn't functioning

Questions, comments, contributions to livemedia-discuss@opensolaris.org
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