> can solaris work in virtual machine environment?
The following URL says Solaris can be run as guest OS under VMware.
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context =guestos&file=guestos_solaris10.html
> i get always the message that no bootable cd.
You need to burn it as bootable CD. Please check the following page for instructions:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/express_singleinstructions. xml