This is a post that will help you to install xVM Virtual Box on OpenSolaris 2008 snv_95 in five instructions steps.
The release of OpenSolaris which is installed on my laptop Toshiba Tecra M3 is:
# uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_95 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
A) First, download xVM from http://virtualbox.org
Select xVMVirtualBox1.6.4 for OpenSolaris x86
B) Unwrap the downloaded stuff
Unzip and then untar:
#gunzip VirtualBox-1.6.4-SunOS_x86.tar.gz
#tar -xvf VirtualBox-1.6.4-SunOS_x86.tar
#more ReadMe.txt
#pkgadd -G -d VirtualBoxKern-1.6.4-SunOS-r33808.pkg
#pkgadd -G -d VirtualBoxKern-1.6.4-SunOS-r33808.pkg
I installed it in /opt
ATTENTION: if you try to run VirtualBox from here, you wil get this following error:
ERROR 0 bytes from child process. Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object
Proceed to step C:
C) Use this workaround :
You have to be root.
# cd /opt/VirtualBoxVirtualBox/VBoxSVC.real "$@" # chmod +x VBoxSVC# mv VBoxSVC VBoxSVC.real # cat > VBoxSVC #!/bin/sh LD_NODIRECT=1 export LD_NODIRECT exec /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.real "$@"# chmod +x VBoxSVC
D) Start VirtualBox as a regular user
#/opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox
During the installation menu, i selected the following options:
- Name: Windows
- OS: Windows XP
- memory: 512Mo
- Disk: new dynamically disk of 6GB installed in /export/home/dmerle/.VirtualBox/VDI/windows.vdi
E) Install Windows XP with a CD of Windows.
Insert your Windows XP in the CD reader...later on enter your licence key
Reconfigure input key if necessary: my laptop has no Right Ctrl key, so i had to reconfigure:
Go to File -> Preferences and change input to Left Ctrl
Usage: My laptop has only 1GB of RAM. Enough to run Sun xVM VirtualBox. But when you switch your mouse to OpenSolaris and start Firefox, the machine is swapping. But that works quick enough for me :=)
If you want to have the sound working, just adjust it in the Preferences menu:
