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Old 11-23-2009
Installing Solaris 10 on Flash Drive
Where can I find instructions for doing this? I am running Win XP and would like to be able to run solaris 10 from my flash drive.

Thanks,
Carrie
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Old 11-23-2009
Here:
BigAdmin Submitted Article: Booting and Loading the Solaris OS for x86 Platforms With a USB Flash Drive
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Old 11-23-2009
I dont have a cd or dvd drive I am on a netbook, any other suggestions?
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Old 11-23-2009
You can probably follow the above-mentioned procedure from within VirtualBox.
 
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