在usb上运行OpenSolaris

First, format the disk and fdisk it to Solaris slice.
#format
...
FORMAT MENU:
       disk       - select a disk
       type       - select (define) a disk type
       partition  - select (define) a partition table
       current    - describe the current disk
       format     - format and analyze the disk
       fdisk      - run the fdisk program
       repair     - repair a defective sector
       label      - write label to the disk
       analyze    - surface analysis
       defect     - defect list management
       backup     - search for backup labels
       verify     - read and display labels
       save       - save new disk/partition definitions
       inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
       volname    - set 8-character volume name
       !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
       quit
format> fdisk
create a solaris partition
format> partition
create slice
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
 0       root    wm       3 - 2483       19.01GB    (2481/0/0) 39857265
 1 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
 2     backup    wu       0 - 4861       37.24GB    (4862/0/0) 78108030
 3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
 4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
 5 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
 6 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
 7       home    wm    2484 - 4861       18.22GB    (2378/0/0) 38202570
 8       boot    wu       0 -    0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)       16065
 9 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0

make new fs for the root slice
#newfs /dev/rdsk/cXtXdXs0

mount rootfs
#mount /dev/dsk/cXtXdXs0 /mnt

and then decompress the cpio image from the bfu archive(or copy the
system on your hardware disk to the root slice)
#cd /mnt
#cat <bfu path>/<cpio image> | cpio -id
copy some critical files.
#cp /etc/driver_* /mnt/etc/
#cp /etc/name_to_* /mnt/etc

install grub to cover the MBR
#cp -rf /boot /mnt
#installgrub -m /mnt/boot/grub/stage1 /mnt/boot/grub/stage2
/dev/rdsk/cXtXdXsX

modify the boot path saved in boot/solaris/bootenv.rc to the correct
disk path
setprop bootpath <usb disk path>
you can get the right string from the output of "format" commond

reboot your system from usb disk and enter into the failure safe mode.
mount your rootfs to /a.
#devfsadm -r /a
#/a/lib/svc/bin/restore

_repository -r /a
and type -seed- to generate the repository database.
#bootadm update-archive -R /a

and now you can boot the machine from usb disk(maybe need some extra smf
configurations need.) You can install your kernel to be tested to the
usb disk.