Miten Mehta wrote: > Hi, > > I have vista already on my laptop (HP Pavillion DV9000). > > I have downloaded vmware kind of product of sun and also 2008.11 iso image. > VirtualBox-2.1.2-41885-SunOS.tar.gz > osol-0811.iso > > can one guide on steps now ? > > I dont want to loose vista install. > > If I install open solaris and then its vm product will I be able to run vista > from within solaris ? > > To install solaris in I have created NTFS 25 GB partition and named it > "solaris". will the install solaris from livecd be able to use it well > without overwriting entire disc and loosing vista ? > > Regards, > > Miten. > Hi Miten,
I'll explain the steps you need to take below but first let's step back and look at what you are trying to accomplish since I'm not sure it's clear. There is currently no way for you to virtualize the running copy of Vista you have on the machine with VirtualBox. VMWare offers the option to virtualize a hardware machine but only for their servers and that will cost you serious money. So I think what you need to do is to leave Vista alone, install a virtual machine and then install the OpenSolaris operating system inside a virtual machine. If you don't like OpenSolaris, you can delete the virtual machine, uninstall the VirtualBox software and go on with Vista just like you are now. OpenSolaris is also a lot faster than Windows Vista for most things and it's far less annoying to run in a virtual machine. Step 1) I would get the either the "Windows 32-bit Platforms" or "Windows 64-bit Platforms" version instead of the opensource version. See next step for how to decide. It'll run faster and the setup is easier. Based on your questions, I think easy is called for here. They're at the top of the same page you got the opensource version from at: http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/vboxdownload.html Step 2) Is your Vista 32 bit or 64 bit? If it's 32 bit, get the 32 bit platform from the link above, if it's 64 bit get the 54 bit platform fron the link above. If you don't know the answer to this, you almost certainly have 32 bit Vista, so get that one. Step 3) Run the msi file you've downloaded to install VirtualBox. Step 4) Once it's installed, create a new virtual machine. Use Solaris as the Operating system and OpenSolaris as the version. Give it at least a GB of memory, more if you can spare it. Do not run the Virtual Machine yet. Click on the settings icon, then click on the the CD/DVD drive entry and change the type of the disk to ISO file. Set this to the osol-0811.iso you've downloaded. The details of all of these steps will be covered in the VirtualBox manual so give it a read. Step 5) Run the virtual machine, the Solaris CD will be automatically started and the installation will begin. Regards, Greg
