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Old 02-28-2008, 05:00 AM
Gary R. Schmidt
 
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Default Re: Windows 2003 Server in a Solaris-hosted VM?

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Half wrong - VMWare does *not* run on Solaris, however VirtualBox
>> <http://www.virtualbox.org/> does, and will run WS2K3.

>
> Cool. So, could one run VirtualBox in a non-global zone, and
> use *it* to run Win2K3?
>
> That would be a neat trick. I'll have to play with it! :-)
>

Well, it's what I would do...

Now, if/when I get snv_b82 to install on the Dell 9300 laptop[1], and
build a 32-bit version of VirtualBox then I can get rid of the XP
partition and just boot Solaris (well, Nevada).

Probably need some more RAM, but.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

1 - I am discussing this on the laptop discuss mailing list, so it is
hopefully in hand.
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