Setting up OpenSolaris 2009.06 (osol-0906-x86.iso) for a virtual machine
UNIX is a powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s at AT&T's Bell Labs. It has significantly influenced many other operating systems, including Linux, macOS, and BSD variants.
It was created by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others at Bell Labs in 1969. It was initially a research project but soon grew into a widely used operating system.
The original UNIX has led to numerous variants, including System V (developed by AT&T) and BSD (developed at the University of California, Berkeley).
UNIX was one of the first operating systems written in the C programming language, making it more portable across different hardware platforms.
UNIX and UNIX-like systems are prevalent in various domains, including web servers, database servers, and workstations. They are known for their stability, security, and efficiency in handling network services and programming environments.
Solaris was introduced in 1992 as the successor to SunOS, a Unix variant based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
After Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, Solaris was rebranded as Oracle Solaris.
Solaris is known for its ability to scale from small systems to large, enterprise-class servers.
OpenSolaris was an open-source operating system project initiated by Sun Microsystems to build a community-developed, Unix-based operating system derived from the proprietary Solaris OS.
Sun Microsystems announced the OpenSolaris project in 2005 and made the first release in 2008.
OpenSolaris was based on the same codebase as Solaris, with Sun contributing significant portions of Solaris' source code to the open-source community.
The project aimed to build a community around the Solaris codebase, encouraging developers to contribute to and enhance the operating system.
Despite its discontinuation, the principles and community-driven development model of OpenSolaris inspired other open-source projects and initiatives.
A few noteworthy examples are Illumos, OpenIndiana and Nexenta OS.
We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.
1. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Boot menu.
2. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Keyboard language
3. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Keyboard Layout.
4. OpenSolaris Installation LiveDVD.
5. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Welcome Screen.
6. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Disk configuration.
7. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Time Zone Configuration.
8. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Locale Configuration.
9. OpenSolaris Installation DVD User configuration.
10. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Configuration Summary.
11. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Installation in Progress.
12. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Installation in Progress.
13. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Installation in Progress.
14. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Installation in Progress.
15. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Installation Complete.
16. OpenSolaris Installation DVD Installation in Progress.
17. OpenSolaris First boot.
18. OpenSolaris First boot.
19. OpenSolaris Login.
20. OpenSolaris Desktop.
21. OpenSolaris Getting Started.
22. OpenSolaris Themes.
23. OpenSolaris Background.
24. OpenSolaris Visual Effects.
25. OpenSolaris Package Manager.
26. OpenSolaris About Information.
27. OpenSolaris System Monitor.
28. OpenSolaris Processes.
29. OpenSolaris Resources.
30. OpenSolaris File Systems.
31. OpenSolaris System Preferences.
32. OpenSolaris System Administration.
33. OpenSolaris Places.
34. OpenSolaris Help Information.
35. OpenSolaris Applications Accessories.
36. OpenSolaris Applications Internet.
37. OpenSolaris System Tools.
38. OpenSolaris Terminal.
39. OpenSolaris Terminal.
uname -a
40. OpenSolaris.
cat /etc/release
41. OpenSolaris.
top
42. OpenSolaris.
vmstat
iostat
43. OpenSolaris.
prstat
44. OpenSolaris.
dmesg
45. OpenSolaris.
ls
pwd
whoami
46. OpenSolaris.
nano
47. OpenSolaris.
ping www.netrom.ro
traceroute www.netrom.ro
nslookup www.netrom.ro
dig www.netrom.ro
48. OpenSolaris.
echo $BASH_VERSION
prtconf
49. OpenSolaris.
psrinfo
ps
50. Shutdown OpenSolaris.
That was fun! See you next time. #unix
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7moAnother - IMHO - sad thing is that SPARC CPUs are not used anymore. Has anybody got any additional info as to why? And also, why no less power-consuming variants (intended for laptops) were produced? TIA
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7moOops, you didn't walk through the Office bit. No Matter. If you're spinning this for virtual machine, Desktop Apps might not be paramount whereas 'services' are key. My only thought is whether the community has anyone looking to boot on a RiscV chipset? Free BSD have a reference emulator that could be the starting point?
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7moBetter take a look at Illumos or SmartOS (both based on Solaris and maintained) Additionally, SmartOS is focussed on virtualization and container technologies.
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7moI think this is the version they used to ship out on physical DVD's you could have mailed to you off their site. Cool stuff 😎