sun-solalris for intel desktops

vijayq8 · May 22, 2009, 2:43am

Hi,

i have a pentium-4 desktop with intel Motherboard and processor, which version of solaris i can install ,

Please refer.

Thanks
Vijayq8.

pludi · May 22, 2009, 2:50am

How about OpenSolaris? And I think Solaris 10 also runs on x86 hardware.

jlliagre · May 22, 2009, 3:53am

Most Solaris releases do/did support x86:
OpenSolaris, Solaris Express, Solaris 10, 9, 8, 2.7, 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5, 2.4 and 2.1 (1993).

incredible · May 22, 2009, 3:56am

You can install Solaris 10 for x86. Download it from SUN website and burn it into a DVD

vijayq8 · May 22, 2009, 4:29am

Hi Incredible,

few minutes before i got a Solaris10.0 original DVD from my friend,
i tried installing this OS in my intel desktop,
its not even Booting,

i can able to browse the DVD but its not booting from intel desktops and Laptops,

comments please:-

Thanks
Vijay,

DukeNuke2 · May 22, 2009, 4:31am

there are 2 versions... sparc and x86. you've probably the sparc version. as allready told, download the x86 version from the sun website!

quetzalcoatl · May 22, 2009, 3:52pm

Let me suggest you first check the compatibility with "Sun Device Detection Tool 2.2"

You need a Free partition and then boot from CD and do a standard installation

If you want to Solaris and windows in the same machine, I would recommend you 3 partitions

1 nfs
1 FAT (data)
1 Solaris

So on this way you can share the information in both Os.

Cheers!