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Old 01-09-2011
openboot promt on Solaris VM

Hello,

Is it possible to go to the openboot promt on a solaris VM on vmware or virtualbox?
Please advise..
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Old 01-09-2011
OBP is for sparc, vmware and vbox are virtualizer software for x86 hardware. so no, there is no OBP in an x86 virtualized environment.
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