My original post:
 >How do I get access to the raw floppy device under Solaris 2.4 (both
 >Sparc & x86) without killing vold?
Thanks to all those that responded. 
  The concensus is to first do a 
volcheck
  then access the disk as 
/vol/dev/rdiskette/{unformatted,unlabeled,<name>,&c}
  or
/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0
        Johnie Stafford
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