2009/4/24 Dr. David Kirkby <opensolaris at althorne.org>: > I have a Sony Vaio (last one I buy given Sony's refusal to honor warranty), > which runs Solaris Express Community Edition build 98 or there abouts - might > be 97. The laptop currently dual-boots Solaris and Vista, but I'd like to > junk Vista completely and run XP under OpenSolaris. > > I'm quite happy to to either > > * Update SXCE or > * Update to OpenSolaris Nov 2008 (or whatever is latest) > > What options are there to run XP under Solaris, rather than have to faf > around dual-booting? > > * What is the best option?
VirtualBox > * What is the best free option? VirtualBox..... > * What issues am I likely to get get doing - I assume there are some problems > doing this? Best to have at least 2 GB of RAM, in my experience with 3GB I am getting close to native speed with XP in VirtualBox on SXCE. Strongly recommend you upgrade to a recent release of either OpenSolaris or SXCE. Either will do, depends on your personal experience. -- Tony Reeves Christchurch New Zealand
