Solaris

1. After downloading the installation media, Install and Start VirtualBox on your PC by clicking on the icon:
2. Click on the New icon (Hilighted):

The Welcome screen will appear.

3. Click on Next and the Create New Virtual Machine window will be displayed. Click on Next.

4. Enter a name for your Solaris Virtual Machine, select the OS type and version (version does not need to be exact). Click on Next.

5. Select the amount of RAM. Keep in mind, Windows (the host system) will be using some of the RAM too. Make sure you leave at least 1GB for the Windows host. Click on Next.

6. Create a New Hard disk. I recommend 16GB which is the default. Click on Next.

7. The Virtual creation wizard screen is displayed, use the default (VDI) and click on Next.

8. The Virtual Disk Storage details screen is displayed. Use the default, Dynamically Allocated. This will save disk space on your host system.

The Virtual disk location and size screen will be displayed. You can select where the Virtual Machine and its disks will be created. Choose a location that has 3-4GB of free space.

The system will create a folder named “Virtual Box VMs.” All of your virtual machines and disks will be stored here.

9. Click Next when ready to move onto the next screen.

10. A summary screen is displayed. Review it and click on Create.

The new machine will now be listed in your VirtualBox Manager:

11. Highlight the machine and select Settings:

12.The Settings screen will be displayed as follows:

13.Click on Storage, then click on the DVD. The DVD will be labeled “Empty.” Then click on the Attributes section (see highlight) and select the location of the Solaris Full DVD ISO image that you downloaded earlier. Then select OK.

13.1 The VirtualBox manager window will be displayed. The Storage section (see highlight) should show the CD/DVD using the ISO image selected in the previous step.

14.Click on START and the installation will begin. The following window will begin the Solaris Installation program:

15.When the installation is complete, the Virtual Machine will still have the DVD mounted to the ISO image and will boot to it and restart the installation process. When this happens, you'll see the Black GRUB menu displayed again as follows:

16.Click on Devices, then CD/DVD devices, then “Remove Disk from Virtual Drive.”

This will unmount the DVD ISO image from the CD/DVD.

17. Click on Machine, then RESET to restart from the Virtual Machine's boot disk.

18.You'll know that Solaris is installed and booting from the boot disk when it boots to the Blue GRUB menu as shown: