solaris 10 on virtual pc , vmware or qemu ?
Hi, i'm new to Solaris. i was wondering if i could install Solaris 10 on any of these ?. My goal is get SCSA. My options are,
Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel 975 mobo (unsupported).or
Intel Pentium D, Intel 945 mobo (supported)or
getting old IBM Intellistation E pro (P4 1.7Ghz, i845 chipset)or ThinkCentre A51 (P4 3.06 Ghz, i915)
Core, D and ThinkCentre models would cost the same, and E Pro will be around $250 (including 19" monitor)
any suggestions ?. Thanks in advance.
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macwhizard] at [2007-11-26 10:57:51]
# 1
Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 (x86) are supported guest operating systems under vmware. -- Darren
# 2
Thanks Darren,
Should i practice on Real Hardware for SCSA ? or run multipple vm's to simulate several solaris machines and use tap interface for network connectivity ?.
Oh, by the way, does both cores on Core 2 Duo work ?. (check this link,
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sx/systems/details/1768.html.
it says number of cpus: 1 shouldn't it be 2 ? or is it the physical number of CPU's ?
Thanks in advance.
# 3
> Thanks Darren,
>
> Should i practice on Real Hardware for SCSA ? or run
> multipple vm's to simulate several solaris machines
> and use tap interface for network connectivity ?.
I have no experiece with Solaris under vmware. I'd imagine in most circumstances it works fine.
> Oh, by the way, does both cores on Core 2 Duo work ?.
Yes, it should.
> (check this link,
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sx/systems/detail
> s/1768.html.
> it says number of cpus: 1 shouldn't it be 2 ?
> or is it the physical number of CPU's ?
That is a report on the specifics of the machine, so it is showing the number of installed CPUs (1).
--
Darren
# 4
I really doubt whether Solaris 10 will run properly (if at all) on Core 2 Duo. I have been trying to install on my Core 2 Duo for two months now with both Solaris 10 and the latest Solaris Express - no luck. As soon as the pc reboots after installing, I either find myself staring at a black screen or my box goes into endless rebooting.
I have noticed that I am not the only one who is affected by this weird behavior. I have read similar complaints from people who are also running Core 2 Duo, Pentium D or Centrino. I also found a forum which points out that neither of these CPUs is currently supported by Solaris, at least not in 64 bit mode (32 bit mode does appear to work, but I am just too fed up to even give it a try...). I guess Linus Torvalds was right to point out that hardware support under solaris is a hoax.
Whatever, the same behavoir appears to affect Solaris running inside vmware (although I cannot confirm this). Read this one for example :
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context =guestos_new&file=guestos_solaris10.html
# 5
"As soon as the pc reboots after installing, I either find myself staring at a black screen or my box goes into endless rebooting."
Yes, I have into this too (using centrino) after installing Solaris 9 (due to low mem restriction) in a custom configured box. I am able to install it with webstart, only to end with a black screen. I think is a problem with the graphic card support (is not in the HLC).
# 6
This is my config:
Sony VAIO Centrino Duo, 2GB RAM
Solaris 10/06
VMWare workstation 5.0.0.0
Had some troubles setting up networking, but at last it's works just fine. I'm using it on my dev machine Once on a while looks like losing the video config, asking to run kdmconfig.
Regds
Fabian
# 7
Is Solaris10 aupported as guest on QEMU?I am facing some problems installing Solaris10 on QEMU. Any clues?Thanks and Regards,Neelam
# 8
Solaris 10 runs just fine on VMWare. IMO this is also the most preferred environment for all this because its 1) Free for usage (VMWare server) and 2) Is a complete virtual PC.
Next to Solaris you can basicly do anything with it, its definatly worth the download. Virtual PC is Windows based (iirc) and I don't hang out on these forums to talk about that stuff. qemu is nice, and promising, but its by far as extensive as VMWare is.
The next in line might be Xen which is also extremely versatile up to a point where you can move a virtual machine to another box while keeping it running (resulting in an absolute minimum downtime). I have heard rumors about Xen being ported to Solaris' but so far thats all it is as far as I know.
Still; to answer the question I'd be looking at VMWare. Simply because its the most extensive out of the bunch, officially (/natively) supports Solaris and can do a lot more.
LionO at 2007-7-7 3:11:09 >
