Getting Started with Indiana on Ubuntu 7.04 and Virtual Box

UPDATE: Updated with OpenSolaris 2008.11 here at http://blogs.sun.com/amitsaha/entry/open_solaris_2008_11_on


The Open Solaris project Indiana is now available as a developer preview

A great feature is that you can start a Live CD session either:

1. By burning the ISO to a CD, or
2. Directly boot from the ISO using Virtual Box or QEMU

Lets get started with Virtual Box:

• Install Virtual Box on Ubuntu 7.04
• Create and Configure a new Virtual Machine

Choose OS Name and Type

Choose the memory (>512 MB)


Configuring the Virtual HDD

Choose the CD/DVD-ROM Device

• Now, insert the Indiana CD into your ROM and start the Virtual Machine
• You should see the GRUB menu:

• Let us start a Text Console session

Booting...
Login with username "jack" and password "jack"

So, you are now ready to start exploring the Open Solaris command-line even without installing it!