> > On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 13:09 -0700, Tim Garlick
> wrote:
> > > Hi all, I need a Live CD that I can boot from to
> > investigate Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris systems
> that
> > have been potentially compromised. The target OS
> is
> > Solaris 10. This is complicated by the fact that
> the
> > Solaris 10 system being investigated is a
> VirtualBox
> > instance of S10 Update 8. I mount the Live CD ISO
> on
> > the VM's virtual CD drive and then boot from that.
> > > 
> > > I've tried MilaX but I can't figure out how to
> > mount the Solaris 10 root disk after I've booted to
> a
> > text console with MilaX. VirtualBox doesn't
> display
> > the graphics correctly when you boot the MilaX ISO
> in
> > graphical mode. I haven't tried the VBox MilaX
> > appliance yet, because that gives me a separate
> VM,
> > when I need to get to the S10 VM.
> > > 
> > > So, my questions are:
> > > 
> > > - Is MilaX the best choice?
> > > - If not, which distro is better?
> > > - Either way, how do I mount the S10U8 VM's root
> > disk once I've booted the Live CD?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for any pointers.
> > Hi Tim,
> > you can use 'format' utility to find disk name and
> > root partition,then
> > mount it. 
> > For this you can use any OpenSolaris/Belenix/MilaX
> > LiveCD.
> > 
> > Also you can find and mount all UFS part's: 
> > 
> > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > solaris=0
> > for dnode in /dev/dsk/*
> > do
> >        type=`/usr/sbin/fstyp $dnode 2> /dev/null`
> > f [ "x$type" = "xufs" ]
> >         then
> >         /usr/bin/mkdir /mnt/solaris$solaris
> > /sbin/mount -F $type $dnode
> >  /mnt/solaris$solaris
> > fi
> > done
> 
> Although if they're serious about forensics use,
> they'd need to use
> 
>  /sbin/mount -F $type -o ro $dnode
> 
> because you absolutely positively do not want to mess
> with the evidence.
> 
> (better would be to have a copy of the disk or disk
> image made and work
> on that, never touching the original at all, unless
> getting into high-end
> data recovery on it)

Right, 
thanks Richard.

Cheers,
Alex
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