Details: VB 3.1.2 r561127 on host Vista Home Premium OS 32-bit running guest S10 5/09 (Update 7, I believe), S10x_u7wos_08 (from sol-10-u7-ga-x86-dvd.iso).
I start Virtual Media Manager->CD/DVD Images tab->Add button->select VBoxGuestAdditions.iso that I downloaded, which is then attached, I guess, by VB.
Then, I start S10 Update 7 guest.
Then, I follow directions in the VB documentation:
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4.5.1 Installing the Solaris Guest Additions
The VirtualBox Guest Additions for Solaris are provided on the same ISO CD-ROM as the Additions for Windows and Linux described above. They also come with an installation program guiding you through the setup process. Installation involves the following steps:
1. Mount the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file as your Solaris guest’s virtual CDROM drive, exactly the same way as described for a Windows guest in chapter 4.3.1.1, Mounting the Additions ISO file, page 62. If in case the CD-ROM drive on the guest doesn’t get mounted (observed on some versions of Solaris 10), execute as root:
svcadm restart volfs
2. Change to the directory where your CD-ROM drive is mounted and execute as root:
pkgadd -G -d ./VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg
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Problem is, I can't do step 2 because the virtual CD does not mount after I do step 1, and even after I restart volume management.
I even tried downloading and mounting the GuestAdditions virtual CD from the VB web site, but that simply creates an empty subdirectory in /cdrom (named vboxadditions_3.1.2_56127).
Could this problem be due to the way I've configured my S10u7 OS (right now, I've set up my guest S10u7 OS as a standalone system with no networking, which I plan to add later).
I'd try to somehow mount the virtual CD manually, but I'm not familiar with VB enough to mount a file system outside the guest OS (don't I need GuestAdditions to do that?).
Suggestions? Solutions? Explanations anyone?
-tech dogg