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HELP cant get access to the system.

I mistakenly edited /etc/vfstab and added an invalid option for the / so now i cant access the system and its hang just when its start to boot, how can i get access to the harddisk to edit the vfstab ? can i use solaris CD ?

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The actual boot hangs?

This might help. boot into single user mode or from cdrom. From there mount the root partition to the classic /mnt or /a and modify your vfstab. from that new mount. reboot.

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