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

[Bryan Boone]

Is this success with preview2?
I'll check preview1.
-Bryan

Darren Davis wrote:
> 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
>