[indiana-discuss] S10 in a zone on OpenSolaris?

[Mike Gerdts]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:42 AM, solarg <solarg at laposte.net> wrote:
> James Cornell wrote:
>>
>> Paul Fisher wrote:
>>>
>>> I apologize, as I'm not yet completely familiar with using zones, and
>>> have a simple question: Can I run Solaris 10U6 in a zone on an
>>> OpenSolaris machine? (2008.11 or /dev repo would be fine)
>>>
>>>
>
>
>> No, you cannot.  The syscall translation is an evolving target, and to
>> my knowledge this was a noted limitation up until recently, and probably
>> is still the case.
>>
>
> and what about
> "http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5305-P2V-tool-for-native-zones.html" ?
> the first phrases are about solaris 10, but CR says it is fixed in snv_109?

That would seem to be referring to the same thing referred to at:

http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zones-discuss/2008-December/004541.html

My understanding is the version in SunOS 5.11 will work on the SXCE
variant, not the OpenSolaris or other variants.  Since the SXCE
variant seems to be nearing its end of life (no official announcement
that I am aware of - just momentum behind OpenSolaris distro) it seems
somewhat clear that this is really intended to target Solaris 10.  As
such, a backport to Solaris 10 seems likely which will allow Solaris
10 global zones to be P2V'd into Solaris 10 non-global zones.

To convert a Solaris 8 box to a Solaris 10 zone, it will be a
multi-step process, as mentioned at
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zones-discuss/2008-December/004561.html.

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Mike Gerdts
http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/