Dual Boot Linux and Solaris?

Discussion in 'Linux, BSD and Other OS's' started by Mack, Jul 4, 2009.

  1. Mack

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    Hi,
    The following are the System Specs.
    P4 3.2Ghz
    512MB RAM
    160 GB SINGLE HD

    I want to dual boot Fedora 9 64bit and Solaris 10. How do I do it?

    Thanks
     
    Mack, Jul 4, 2009
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  2. Anti-Trend

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    The easiest way would be to install Solaris first, partitioning only 1/2 of the drive for installation. Then install Fedora, allowing it to use the other half.

    Or, you could do what I do, and run all your labs in Virtualbox. I run Debian as my primary OS, but I can run labs in whatever I want under VBox without bothering to repartition all the time in a multiboot setup.
     
    Anti-Trend, Jul 5, 2009
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  3. Mack

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    Thanks, lol, first I have to figure out why my keyboard is not being detected during the solaris installation.
    I tried VMware, but it won't work on a system with only 512MB Ram.
     
    Mack, Jul 5, 2009
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  4. Anti-Trend

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    Yeah, in my experience with it VMWare sucks pretty hard. You'd be way better off with VirtualBox, at least in Linux.
     
    Anti-Trend, Jul 5, 2009
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    You are going to have a hard time running solaris with only 512 M ram.
     
    tking0036, Nov 10, 2011
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