Hello - I'm a sysadmin with solaris and now experimenting with Linux (at the moment SuSE 10.1 via VMware).
Interestingly - I've been using VMware - but to run Linux instead of solaris. I've found that sometimes (oddly) "telling" (or trying) an installation routine in YaST again (or performing a reboot and then retrying) helps. Although - it seems your experiment with installing Solaris via VMware hasn't brought you to a true installation. Try wiping the current installation (completely, the solaris installation, not VM ware) and re-create the solaris VM machine. Did you point the CD-Rom device to go to the first ISO image of the Solaris installation? Don't forget the boot cdrom if you happen to be at init 0 (prom) level of Solaris. Oh, if you decide to install the VMware tools - only do so AFTER you take a "snapshot" of your machine's initial installation. Allow more room (if you can) for various slices than the typical setup. For instance - when (or if) you decide to apply the bundled package of patches for Solaris - it will increase your slice size (aka partition). Oh, what version of Solaris were you attempting to install via VMware? Chances are I may be "barking up the wrong tree" for your answer here - but I'll throw this out anyway - Solaris 10 has a little more demand for RAM and disk space than a Solaris 9 installation. You might find the NSA's publically-available configuration guide (focuses on security, but goes step-by-step on a solaris load, their other manuals are good too) http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_os.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1.1 (the link above has other installation guides for other operating systems) The above link is for Solaris 9 - if you're using Solaris 10 - only portions of that guide may be helpful - if at all... The Sun Docs has info on a solaris install: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-7171 That's for solaris 9 Solaris 10 guides (docs.sun.com) http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1236.1 Solaris 10 sysadmin collection: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.16 Good luck - hopefully at least some of what I gave may help This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
