Hi All
Im a newbie to the whole virtual box thing. Im trying to install Open solaris 2008.11 on vb 3.1.6. I set the VM up with 256 Mb RAM 16Gb HDD space and as a cd rom I mounted my open solaris ISO to install from. When the VM starts, it displays the menu where you can select to install open solaris or boot from local disk ect... I select to install... then after a while the screen just "hangs" on "Probing for device nodes" I left it for a while to see if it will go further, but after about 30 min, still no change. Is it a problem with the guest operating system that i'm trying to install or is it a hardware issue, or am I just doing something wrong...? I searched the forum for similar problems, but found nothing.
Thanx in advance for any help
Installing Open Solaris on VB 3.1.6
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Re: Installing Open Solaris on VB 3.1.6
that should not be a VBox problemcharles.o wrote: I set the VM up with 256 Mb RAM
... I select to install... then after a while the screen just "hangs"
http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/specifications/
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Re: Installing Open Solaris on VB 3.1.6
My bad.... after reading the VBox manual or some other manual, cant remember, I found that open solaris needs at least 512mb RAM if I remember correctly, so it was my mistake... if all else fails, RTFM
Changed the RAM settings to 512 and it works!!!
Thanx.
Changed the RAM settings to 512 and it works!!!
Thanx.
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Re: Installing Open Solaris on VB 3.1.6
minimum 512MB can also be found in the specifications link given above ...charles.o wrote:after reading the VBox manual or some other manual, cant remember,