[rescue] Anybody working with Solaris 11.4 VirtualBox VM?

[John Hudak]

Hi Dave:
Slightly OT, thanks for pointing out SmartOS.  I didn't know about it, took
a look and it seems *really* neat.  I like that containers are fully
isolated.
J


On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 11:48 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

> On September 11, 2021 9:30:34 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Poking around, I came across this website:
> >
> > https://www.sysprobs.com/install-solaris-virtualbox
> >
> > It's nothing profound, but it details running the latest (11.4, is that
> > latest?) Solaris as a VM on a win/Mac/linux PC - is anyone running such
> an
> > environment? I'm going to play around with it, anyone got any
> advice/things
> to
> > look out for?
> >
> > I may decide to run an install on bare x86 hardware, anyone doing that?
> >
> > Finally, for giggles, I may drop it on a static IP address I have for
> remote
> > access, are these images reasonably up-to-date as far as patches/updates,
> or
> > should I not attempt it?
>
>   This isn't an answer to your question, but I have to say that I am 100%
> sold
> on SmartOS now.  I moved to it about 1.5yrs ago, and though it's way of
> doing
> things took some getting used to, I find it to be just an incredible
> platform
> for VM hosting and getting real work done.  It is, IMO, as modern and
> fantastic as Solaris gets.
>
>                      -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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