1) If it is a pkg file, you will need to use the pkgadd command as root or execute with pfexec as a privileged user. Example: pfexec pkgadd -d ./mypackage.pkg
type "man pkgadd" for more information If you updated to a new boot environment via the package manager, you'll have to reboot to the new environment first. Your old environment will be saved in case something went wrong. It sounds as though you've tried rebooting though. 2) Not sure about these things, someone else may know. 3) There is a way, you need a package which I think is called ntfsprogs (assuming your windows partition is ntfs). Search for ntfs in the packagemanager. This blog may help also: http://ritwikghoshal.blogspot.com/2008/04/today-i-mount-my-ntfs-partitions-in-my.html -- This message posted from opensolaris.org