OpenSolaris

anyone have any luck installing OpenSolaris using Parallels Desktop?

I entered "Other Solaris" during the OS Assistant.

After "Configuring Devices" there are some lines like:

asy0: UART @ 3f8 scratch register: expected 0x5a, got 0xff
Cannot identify UART chip at 3f8
.
(Cannot identify UART chip at 2f8)
.
Mounting local partitions/cdroms
Reading ZFS config: done.
.
(ident UART x3 - 3f8, 3f8, 2f8)
.

then apparently hangs.

CDROM (mounted as ISO) doesn't appear to be accessed anymore.


thanks for any pointers!

 

so how do you report spam? I don't see any buttons.

 

Remove serial and parallel port from VM configuration

 

just checked my VM - there is no serial or parallel port configured/added.

 

Hm, very interesting, error is pointing to missing ACPI, try to select Windows Vista as OS type

 

hmm - not convinced that worked either.

After trying to boot the VM, my machine froze (not the mouse) for a bit and then saw the OpenSolaris splash screen and then dropped back to the command screen (see next attachment)

Here is where I downloaded the ISO if you would like to play with it on your dev machines:

http://www.opensolaris.com/get/

 

Ok, you need to modify X
what server you selected Xsun, or Xorg, change it and set color depth to 16

 

i'm a bit confused :/

when do i have an opportunity to modify X?

I am trying to get the system to boot from grub!

could you post more detailed instructions beginning from the time you mount and boot the Live CD?

 

man xorg.conf
in console will provide you information.

 

I was able to install opensolaris, but I can't get the network to work. I followed the instructions on page 95, that seemed to work, but the interface is not getting an ip address.

 

Check are you able to use Solaris in Bridged Ethernet mode, also check using ifconfig -a in Mac is there any interface with 169.254.x.x
if yes in Mac ty
sudo killall -HUP pvsnatd

 

I have bridged Ethernet selected for the Soalris Vm, ifconfig -a does not show any interface with 169.254.x.x

---
ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:1b:63:a0:8f:4c
media: autoselect status: inactive
supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> none
fw0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 00:1c:b3:ff:fe:9f:5e:52
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::21c:b3ff:fe79:3e88%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet 192.168.2.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
ether 00:1c:b3:79:3e:88
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
vmnet8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.16.55.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.55.255
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08
vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.16.161.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.161.255
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01
en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:0%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
inet 10.37.129.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.37.129.255
ether 00:1c:42:00:00:00
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en3: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:1%en3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
inet 10.211.55.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255
ether 00:1c:42:00:00:01
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect

 

It seems good,
Try to recall did you configure network interface during installation?
If not you probably need to install RTL 8029 driver for Solaris

 

I changed my machine type from "other os" to "Solaris 10", then re-installed the network driver and then rebooted, now it seems okay.

 

Hello! Very interesting topic, thank you raised it