[indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris on VMware Fusion...

[Dave Miner]

Kyle McDonald wrote:
> Bryan Boone wrote:
>> And finally it dies :(
>> There are at least 3 things in the mix here.
>>
>> 1) VMWare vs VirtualBox
>> 2) 64 bit host 32 bit vm
>> 3) Indiana kernel in 32 bit mode vs 64 bit mode.
>>
> Might be something there.
> 
> I'm not positive, but I think I remember reading that the LiveCD is 
> 32bit only. There may not be a 64bit kernel on the Indiana CD - at least 
> not to run from. If you install I beleive it gets installed.
> 

No, the CD for preview 2 is 32- and 64-bit (preview 1 was 32-bit).

A number of us have had good success running it as a 32-bit virtual 
machine in both VirtualBox and VMware Workstation.  There seem to be 
issues in 64-bit in some cases, though I don't believe anyone's 
investigated them in any detail.

Dave


>  -Kyle
> 
>> Other ideas?
>>
>> -Bryan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Darren Davis wrote:
>>> That is definitely different from what I was seeing.  My screen would 
>>> just be blank for a very long time, then I would get the Solaris boot 
>>> sequence.
>>>
>>> From a Linux perspective, this is what I am running;
>>>
>>> Linux sles10-vmware1 2.6.16.54-0.2.5-smp #1 SMP Mon Jan 21 13:29:51 
>>> UTC 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> With VMware Server 1.0.4 Build 56528
>>>
>>> (Again, even though this is a 64bit machine, I can't support 64bit 
>>> quests)
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Darren
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:44 AM, in message 
>>>>>> <47CC4709.1000301 at sas.com>, Bryan
>>> Boone <Bryan.Boone at sas.com> wrote:
>>>> This is what I got before.... This is 64 Linux
>>>>
>>>> Linux askani 2.6.24- 2.6.24.2.slh.12- sidux- amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT 
>>>> Sun Feb
>>>> 24 01:44:26 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> VMWare Player 2.0.2 build- 59824
>>>>
>>>> (64 bit installation)
>>>>
>>>> The snapshot is OpenSolaris trying to boot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Boone wrote:
>>>>> Getting ready to try 64 bit all the way...
>>>>> I'll let you know how it works.
>>>>> Thanks for the file.... I have been creating them off EasyVMX.
>>>>> - Bryan
>>>>>
>>>>> Darren Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:13 AM, in message 
>>>>>>>>> <47CBDD62.AE61.007E.0 at novell.com>,
>>>>>> "Darren Davis" <ddavis at novell.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:04 AM, in message 
>>>>>>>>>> <47CC3DAB.5000903 at sas.com>, Bryan
>>>>>>> Boone <Bryan.Boone at sas.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'll let it sit a while longer...
>>>>>>>> I just got 2 failure notices so I canned it.
>>>>>>>> Started googling after that...
>>>>>>>> Care to share your vmx?
>>>>>>>> -   Bryan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Attached...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Darren
>>>>>> BTW, Indiana Preview 2 works fine on my SLES 10 SP1 machine with 
>>>>>> VMware
>>>> Server 1.0.4 but it is only 32 bit.  I do have an Intel 64bit 
>>>> processor, but
>>>> it was an early version that didn't have the virtualization 
>>>> support.  If I
>>>> can find a machine, I will try and give 64bit a try with Linux.
>>>>>> Later,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Darren
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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