Re: Solaris X86 + Virtual PC on a MAC

From: Frank Wolf (wolf_at_exchange.purdue.edu)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:59:31 -0500

On 3/16/04 7:46 AM, in article
e9ab505e.0403160446.52bff9a7@posting.google.com, "Stuart Blake Tener"
<stuart@misty.com> wrote:

> To whom it shall concern:
>
> I am considering to replace my PC with a PowerBook, and am very
> impressed with what the PowerBook can do. I am a Unix Admin for a
> living and I have suffered my last Windows crash. I have pretty much
> decided to convert to a MAC.
>
> However, I still need to have access (on occasion) to Windows XP and
> Solaris X86 as well as Linux (though I think Linux PowerPC will do me
> fine).
>
> I have read a bit about Virtual PC, and would like to know how it
> fairs with:
>
> (a) Solaris X86 (MOST IMPORANT FOR ME TO HAVE!?!)
> (b) Linux
> (c) Windows XP (obviously there are no compatibility issues here)
> (d) Novell
> (e) EcommStation or OS/2
>
> But I am curious to know about not just how well Solaris 9 X86 boots
> up, but as well how it performs, and how flawless it is?
>
> My understand is Solaris used to work on the Connectix version, and I
> just want to make sure that is still true with the new Microsoft
> version.
>
> I know BOCHS and QEMU can perhaps work for me, but I do prefer a
> commercial product if it will work well. I know that Linux and Solaris
> (and I think Novell) will work fine with BOCHS, but I want to give
> fair consideration to Virtual PC as well before deciding. Any ideas?
> Does it work okay with Solaris X86?
>
> What is the verdict?
>
>
> Stuart

I've gotten Solaris 9 to install but couldn't get past the
configuration/welcome screen (after about 4.5 hours of letting the installer
just run). I also did RedHat 9. It ran but it was painfully slow (akin to
an all day migrain) and the VPC drive container was not visible to OS X so
it looked like 15 GB of my HD just disappeared. I'm using a dual 867 G4.
I've read a bit about the Mac on Linux project, which I think is related to
Gentoo Linux somehow. If you wanted to run Linux as a primary OS and then
OS X as secondary, it might be worth a look. Yellow dog is supposed to be
good as well (I have to assume this since the Navy uses it on their subs).
I use VPC daily with XP and had relatively little problems with it until I
updated to 10.3.3. Now it will randomly crash, but not often (3-4 times a
week).

I've also tried BOCHS and even got the slick version from OpenOSX. I
couldn't get Windows XP to run and got Windows 95 to the Desktop but it was
even slower than Virtual PC.

Would X11 forwarding from a Solaris machine work?

FW

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