doppio:devices $ su root -c ' format < /dev/null' Password: Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c2d0 /pci@0,0/pci10de,ed@e/pci-ide@d/ide@0/cmdk@0,0 Specify disk (enter its number): doppio:devices $ grep bootpath /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc setprop bootpath /pci@0,0/pci10de,ed@e/pci-ide@d/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:a notice how the line from format's output matches the bootpath property