Android 4.0 is an operating system in its own right, but instead of running on a dual boot setup, we install and run ICS within a free of charge virtualization. He can very much install VirtualBox on Windows then install Solaris as a VirtualBox guest. This would be the simpler and safer solution. Open indiana is base in OpenSolaris and you can installed in any PC. You dont need a sparc computer for it.

I would quite like to try solaris and also to have it with me on a pendrive. So i decided it best to install to a usb pendrive which i can boot from. I wouldn't have thought installing solaris to a pendrive is impossible (correct me if; it doesn't support usb booting) however i dont know how to install it? I only really have a netbook - no cd drive. How would i go about installing from a pendrive to a pendrive? EDIT: i may be able to burn solaris install to a CD and install it using a main computer, but the 'install' disk that opensolaris downloads page (at: ) rather annoyingly turns out not to be bootable.

Could someone point me in the direction of an actual bootable installer! I would quite like to try solaris and also to have it with me on a pendrive. So i decided it best to install to a usb pendrive which i can boot from. I wouldn't have thought installing solaris to a pendrive is impossible (correct me if; it doesn't support usb booting) however i dont know how to install it? I only really have a netbook - no cd drive.

How would i go about installing from a pendrive to a pendrive? EDIT: i may be able to burn solaris install to a CD and install it using a main computer, but the 'install' disk that opensolaris downloads page (at: ) rather annoyingly turns out not to be bootable. Could someone point me in the direction of an actual bootable installer!Hmm. A Unix question on a Linux distro install/support board. I have a link for you, for the free version: Wondering why you you aren't trying this with OpenIndiana?

Both of these also run real well from VirtualBox running under Ubuntu 11.04. When you create a VHD, use Solaria as the disk type. (Remember- if this problem is solved, please use the forum thread tools menu to mark this thread as solved.) Last edited by MAFoElffen; June 25th, 2011 at 12:45 AM. Hmm, well sure, im just going to use virtual box on a machine with 1gb of ram and 1.33ghz of proccessing power, that would work???? Ok great, but isn't this the closed source distro?? Nevermind, i will try it also, UNIX and linux being so similar, and there being an OTHER OS tag i thought that people from the 'nix community might be able to help. Well, thanks PS: i know how to mark the thread as solved Did I not sound enthused enough?

I really was! Your post was a breath of fresh air to me. (See my sig line) Yes, Solaris 11 Express is the free cut-down version of Solaris. You 'asked' for Solaris. I used to be active with support on the OpenSolaris Dev forums until a bit after Oracle bought out Sun Microsystems.

The first thing Oracle did, was to cut off giving Solaris 10 away. Then much time later, after the outcry, created that cut-down version of Solaris 11 Express, with no updates or support, then had announced that would no longer support OpenSolaris. I have all the Official and dev builds to that point.

You should still be able to find them in the PPA's at OpenSolaris up through what was proposed for 2010.10. If you were active with Opensolaris before, you might remember that the last distro project project at OpenSolaris was named 'Indiana.' (keep that in mind.) IMHO- Solaris 11 (just like Solaris 10) is not as user-firendly on the install, modifications, support, tweaking, (the background, under the hood system stuff) etc.

As OpenSolaris was for a new user. OpenSolaris had a good free Application base. And once you get things worked out and setup. It's rock solid. But there is and will not be anymore 'new' under the OpenSolaris 'Name.' (But read on.

It's more a technicality.) After the deadend at Oracle for OpenSolaris, there were still a few dev builds and such, but things shifted to OpenIndiana. Funny thing is that all the people that 'were' on the projects and forums at OpenSolaris.org-- Are now there at OpenIndiana.

(Even the old Sun people.) The offshoot distro's are now going off that. If you want, I could post or PM you the links to all those.

And other Unix variants, but from what I can see and have tried, for a low to mid-skilled person trying out Unix I'd recommend OpenIndiana in a heartbeat. If you want to try things out in VirtualBox would still work at 1GB, if you don't throw a lot at it and it's not going to be a speed demon. But you can try things out until you settle on something. Some of the Distro's do run off a LiveCD. OpenSolaris and distro builds based on OpenSolaris: OpenIndiana: Last edited by MAFoElffen; June 26th, 2011 at 04:24 AM. Thanks sorry it is just that solaris asked me for job titles and stuff; being 14 i am still in schooling if i get oracle solaris i will probably torent it - any distros specifically?? Being an ubuntu and win user i am used to booting from a pendrive (though i know mac and various other OS' in there early stages like jnode, wont boot) but would it be possible to install solaris to a memory stick?

Is it possible to install a live CD of opensolaris to a USB pendrive? Is it possible to install a bootable distro of solaris to USB '? ***i am obsessed with USB pendrive booting for 3 main reasons: 1)i have a bigger-than-netbook-smaller-than-laptop device which doesnt have a CD-DVD drive 2)i would like to support demand for modern techniques of living 3)i can boot the OS on our schools computers! Db2 Express C Db2 Install Graphical Mode. *YAY* also: virtual box is slow on my families 2gb machine - but that is running OS X and windows 7 - how much memory would solaris and ubuntu take up? Would it be faster or slower to run on windows or ubuntu? Last edited by javajames97; June 27th, 2011 at 05:53 PM.

Thank you also for suggesting open indiana, i may try this too, solaris mainly had its appeal in looking similar to windows in the eyes of our inexperienced and useless IT teachers! Although, thinking about it, i could probably customize ubuntu to look like windows!I think you will be pleasantly surprised by OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana. And yes, you can do a dist-upgrade from OpenSolaris to OpenIndiana.

Yes you can do USB using the same instructions for Ubuntu. 'i could probably customize ubuntu to look like windows!' 'i could probably customize ubuntu to look like windows!'

Whilst on the Computer Science degree at Warwick you might want to have a personal copy of Linux/Unix so that you can experiment with the command line tools which are common to some bits of the course. One option is a complete Linux/Unix installation on your computer but if you want to keep Windows then this is probably a bad idea! In this How To you can find out how to run your own copy of Linux/Unix on top of your existing Windows installation. Step 1: Virtualisation If you want to run more than one operating system on a single machine then one method is to use 'virtualisation' - this essentially creates a mini computer in hardware allowing you to run a separate operating system. There are a number of virtualisation solutions including VMWare, Parallels, Xen and my favourite VirtualBox. Step 1: and install a copy of VirtualBox for your chosen computer (you can get VirtualBox on Mac, Windows, Linux and Solaris).

Step 2: Pick either * or (both guides are below). Drivers In Labview Runtime. Step 3: Step 4: Use Linux / OpenSolaris! * = You are best off selecting Linux to start with.

Step 2 (Linux): Your New Linux Operating System Once you have installed VirtualBox, you need to get a copy of Linux. There are many different Linux distributions available and there are many arguments to use each one. My recommendation is to get a copy of Debian stable - it usually just works and the package support is excellent. You can download a copy of Debian stable from (select i386 for a 32-bit computer and AMD64 for a 64-bit computer). Note that this download is an ISO file - an 'image' of CD, literally a CD squashed into a single file. When you have downloaded OpenSolaris go to the next step - creating a virtual machine.

Step 2 (OpenSolaris): Your new OpenSolaris/Solaris/Solaris Express Operating System If you want to a use a 'real' Unix operating system then one of the best around in Sun's Solaris. It comes in two flavours - the heavyweight server grade Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris, a lighter but more flexible and easier to use system. My recommendation - OpenSolaris which you can download from. Note that this download is an ISO file - an 'image' of a CD, literally a CD squashed into a single file.

When you have downloaded OpenSolaris go to the next step - creating a virtual machine. Step 3: Creating a Virtual Machine Open up VirtualBox (you will need to have installed it at this point). You will see a window like the one below, click New (shown in the red circle).

Next a wizard will be displayed which will help you create the new virtual machine, click Next to get started, now you will need to give your new virtual machine a name. Give your new virtual machine a name and from the drop-down list select either Debian or OpenSolaris depending on what you are going to install. This sets up the default virtual machines parameters for you. Click Next when you are ready. It is probably safe to accept the default memory suggested by the wizard, if you want a more powerful virtual machine then you can increase this. Don't choose less than 512MB.

Click Next when you are ready. The Wizard will need to create a virtual harddisk for your new operating system. To create this click 'New' and follow the steps below. In this page of the wizard you should choose a 'Dynamically expanding image' to be the virtual hard-drive for your virtual computer. Click Next when you are ready. Give your new disk a name and a size, if you want to install lots of programs then you'll need at least 15GB.

Click Next when you are ready. Your new disk is ready to be created - check the new is correct and click Next when you are ready. The Wizard will display a summary. When you are happy click Finish. You will be returned to the VirtualBox window and your new virtual machine will be ready for use (see below).