Thanks for your input. I'll give it a try. We are trying to get rid of some old hardware, but I still have to support an application on Solaris 8 x86, so I need a build environment. It's really just going to be used for building this one application and maybe running tests on it. Nothing performance sensitive.
On 03-26-2010, at 9:45 AM, Erik Trimble wrote: > Never tried it. > > Don't think that it would be a good idea, especially inside a domU. > > > -Erik > > > > Edsel Adap wrote: >> Can VirtualBox run on a xen domain? (either domU or dom0) >> >> On 03-25-2010, at 9:44 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: >> >> >>> Edsel Adap wrote: >>> >>>> I'm new to xen so pardon my lack of knowledge. I've searched the web for >>>> answers to my question but I am unable to find any. >>>> >>>> I would like to run Solaris 8 (intel) on Xen as an HVM. Has anyone had >>>> success in doing this? When I boot the Solaris 8 boot install CD, the >>>> boot process goes as far as loading the Primary boot loader, and stops >>>> there. It does not boot the secondary boot loader. >>>> >>>> What information do I need to collect to debug this? How can I make this >>>> work? >>>> -- >>>> Treklogic ® >>>> Edsel Adap >>>> Sr. Systems Architect >>>> Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd. >>>> [email protected] >>>> Phone: (416) 225-9336 ext. 4238 >>>> Fax: (416) 225-7991 >>>> >>>> >>> I've been trying this for awhile, and so far, no luck for me, either in >>> full- or para-virtualized modes. I've move to using VirtualBox, which >>> seems to be OK with S8 as a guest OS. >>> >>> -- >>> Erik Trimble >>> Java System Support >>> Mailstop: usca22-123 >>> Phone: x17195 >>> Santa Clara, CA >>> >> >> -- >> Treklogic ® >> Edsel Adap >> Sr. Systems Architect >> Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd. >> [email protected] >> Phone: (416) 225-9336 ext. 4238 >> Fax: (416) 225-7991 >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Erik Trimble > Java System Support > Mailstop: usca22-123 > Phone: x17195 > Santa Clara, CA -- Treklogic ® Edsel Adap Sr. Systems Architect Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd. [email protected] Phone: (416) 225-9336 ext. 4238 Fax: (416) 225-7991 _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
