I need to set up some OpenSolaris servers for a pet project, and so I can educate myself about the ins and outs of OpenSolaris. I don’t have lots of server hardware lying around spare and I don’t want to destroy my existing Fedora 10 setup, so I’ll just use my Dell laptop and create some virtual machines to play around with.
Tip: The actual OpenSolaris install can take a while! Bring a magazine …
Before we start, you’ll need: The OpenSolaris CD. I downloaded the ISO from BitTorrent, and burned a CD on my iMac. And one Linux with KVM. KVM is now the default bundled virtualisation technology in both Ubuntu and Fedora.
Update: After going on this grand experiment, I eventually went with Sun’s VirtualBox virtualisation tool. For desktop and enterprise server virtualisation the Sun solution might be better. Your mileage may vary, but after some experiments, I found the Fedora 10 built-in virtualisation tools were best for virtualising Linux workloads.
Step 1: Get KVM on your host Linux
Make sure you have all the virtualisation support in your host Linux. Enable virtualisation
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