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

[Darren Davis]

Dave Miner wrote:
> 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
>
>
>   

Yep, to summarized my experiences, I have VMware Fusion on MacBook Pro 
(64bit host, 64bit guest), and SLES 10 SP1 with VMware Server 1.0.4 
(64bit host, 32bit guest) and both are working fine for me.

So, a case where "Your mileage may vary..."

Later,

Darren