If you can create the same size slice as your currect root slice 0 in format , then you could use the luupgrade process. that way you can fallback to your orignal root partition if need me for regression testing. to submit RFE's.
Here is my example: #BE=10u6 BE=snv_b105 #AF=snv_b104 AF=snv_b106 OS=11 INSTALL=/zfs1/install MEDIA=${INSTALL}/dvd #TDEV=c0d0s3 TDEV=c0d0s0 SWAPDEV=c0d0s1 #lurename -e oldname -n nename #luactivate $BE #ludelete $AF mount -F hsfs -o ro `lofiadm -a /zfs1/images/sol-nv-b106-x86-dvd.iso` ${MEDIA} ${MEDIA}/Solaris_${OS}/Tools/Installers/liveupgrade20 -noconsole -nodisplay #lucreate -c ${BE} -m /:${TDEV}:ufs -m -:${SWAPDEV}:swap -n ${AF} lucreate -m /:${TDEV}:ufs -m -:${SWAPDEV}:swap -n ${AF} /usr/lib/lu/lux86menu_propagate ${MEDIA} luupgrade -u -n ${AF} -s ${MEDIA} luactivate ${AF} umount ${MEDIA} && lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org