>Ok, I am trying to convince the old timers that work exclusively with Unix,
>VMS, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris to emprace the virtual world that we have
>gotten to work so well with the Windows world. So far RHEL has worked out
>well, but today with great promise we tried Solaris 10. All I got to say is
>what the H...? From what I am reading I am not alone either. How and what
>form can microsoft support running this on Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1? I
>have been in the middle of an install for the last 4 hours with many pauses
>for hours at a time. Currently is it looking to configure the ethernet card
>and has been there for about 1 hour. Unless I am missing something, the pop
>the ISO in and select the base install for Solaris is not the realistic way
>to install this. Has anyone had any experience with a Solaris install on
>Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 or know where there might be some "real"
>documentation on how this is done? I hope there is.
>

> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:01:38 -0500, "Rob McShinsky"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>Ok, I am trying to convince the old timers that work exclusively with
>>Unix,
>>VMS, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris to emprace the virtual world that we have
>>gotten to work so well with the Windows world. So far RHEL has worked out
>>well, but today with great promise we tried Solaris 10. All I got to say
>>is
>>what the H...? From what I am reading I am not alone either. How and
>>what
>>form can microsoft support running this on Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1? I
>>have been in the middle of an install for the last 4 hours with many
>>pauses
>>for hours at a time. Currently is it looking to configure the ethernet
>>card
>>and has been there for about 1 hour. Unless I am missing something, the
>>pop
>>the ISO in and select the base install for Solaris is not the realistic
>>way
>>to install this. Has anyone had any experience with a Solaris install on
>>Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 or know where there might be some "real"
>>documentation on how this is done? I hope there is.
>>
>
> For a few months a year or so ago I tried about 10 times to install
> Solaris 10 on VPC2007 without ever getting through the hurdle...
> I "almost" got there with a number of manual interventions (search the
> VPC2007 ng for Solaris10 and you will find my threads from then), but
> invariably it hung at the very end. :-(
>
> However recently I observed that VMWare Player (also a free product)
> can run a Solaris 10 machine and better yet, Sun has an image of the
> latest Solaris for VMWare Player ready to download from their site!
> I got that and Player, started it up and that's all!
> Works just fine!
>
> My tests were with Player 6, but I guess you can run the same image
> with VMWare Server (also free) too so you get the 24/7 if you need the
> server functionality.
>
>
> Bo Berglund

> with VMWare Server (also free) too so you get the 24/7 if you need the
> server functionality.

>> My tests were with Player 6, but I guess you can run the same image
>> with VMWare Server (also free) too so you get the 24/7 if you need the
>> server functionality.
>
>There is no VMware Player 6. The actual version is 2.0.2.
>