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May 7th, 2008, 06:05 GMT · By Marius Nestor

OpenSolaris 2008.5 Installation Guide

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The final version of the OpenSolaris operating system was released a few days ago and it brings a brand new Image Packaging System (IPS), ZFS as the default filesystem, and DTrace enabled packages so you can keep an eye on everything and squeeze the juice out of your system. The powerful bash shell is one of the GNU utilities that made their way into OpenSolaris 2008.05, and many other tools from the GNU world. The single LiveCD install image will allow you to take a look at the complete operating system in a matter of seconds. If you like what you see, then you can install OpenSolaris 2008.05 on your computer. So, without any further introduction, here are the installation instructions:

Download the ISO image from here, burn it with your favorite CD/DVD burning software, reboot your PC and boot from the CD/DVD-ROM device. Hit the 'Enter' key when GRUB (the boot loader) appears...

Wait for the CD to load...

Choose the desired keyboard layout (default is US English) and wait for the GNOME desktop to appear...

Double click the Install OpenSolaris icon and hit the 'Next' button when the installation wizard appears...

You'll arrive at the partitioning screen. By default, the OpenSolaris installer will let you select a partition and its size (for advanced users only), but I recommend you select the "Use the whole disk" option. Remember that this will ERASE the whole hard drive, therefore it is better to install it on an empty hard disk! You have been warned!.

Select your time zone, date and time...

Set the default language support and locale specific data formats...

Now, you can input a root (System Administrator) password and create a user account for yourself:

Review your installation settings and hit the 'Install' button to install OpenSolaris:

Wait for the installation process to finish...

...and reboot your computer!

The system will restart and you'll see the OpenSolaris log-in prompt in a few seconds, enter the username and password you have created earlier and enjoy a fast and modern Solaris operating system.

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READER COMMENTS:

Comment #1 by: Simon on 06 Sep 2008, 02:30 UTC	reply to this comment
How to resize the hard disk? . . . it does not work I wanna install it beside my vista . . but I can not . . .

Comment #2 by: humanbeing on 09 Sep 2008, 08:27 UTC	reply to this comment
use gparted 1st & continue your installation

Comment #3 by: res on 23 Sep 2008, 14:14 UTC	reply to this comment
Use Free VirtualBox virtual machine on Vista and run opensolaris inside it.

Comment #4 by: Kapil on 03 Oct 2008, 12:03 UTC	reply to this comment
Hi Marius, Im installing OpenSolaris inside VM workstation on a WinXP x86 machine. When loading from the CD, i get the below error: Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory... Could anyone tell me what the problem here is? Is my hardware not compatible? im just guessing... Thanks, Kapil

Comment #4.1 by: Sebastian on 25 Mar 2009, 01:48 GMT

My friend. Remember that VMWare doesnt suppor OpenSolaris, Only Solaris 9 and Solaris 10. Refer to the VMWare guest_OS guide for more information about supported OS. Try with Sun virtual BOx...its free!

Comment #5 by: cen on 20 Oct 2008, 22:11 UTC	reply to this comment
solaris sucks! OpenSolaris 2008.5 live cd will not boot to desktop.all i get is a command line and login prompt which takes me to jack.what then?

Comment #6 by: westbay on 23 Oct 2008, 03:04 UTC	reply to this comment
Im using OpenSolaris on my desktop. So far, I'm liking it.

Comment #7 by: Tom on 13 Nov 2008, 22:02 UTC	reply to this comment
im stucked at commmand prompt what do i do????

Comment #8 by: sash on 20 Feb 2009, 15:54 UTC	reply to this comment
I'm using opensolaris in WINXP using virtual box. Its incredible !!

Comment #9 by: blikje on 23 Feb 2009, 19:16 UTC	reply to this comment
If you are stuck with the command-prompt. Then don't log in. This is because it takes a while before the Graphical interface is loaded. At least, in my experience I have to wait at the cli-login prompt. After a few seconds, it starts the GUI.

Comment #10 by: Mike on 26 Feb 2009, 20:06 UTC	reply to this comment
Does anyone know of any good walkthroughs on how to install Solaris using virtualbox or virtual PC 2007?

Comment #11 by: Tom on 01 May 2009, 22:18 UTC	reply to this comment
The command prompt is before entering tge system after it is installed.. I cannot enter. Just have the command line. And Xorg -configure doesnt work... In live mode, it had ran good. what can i do?

Comment #12 by: Hari on 25 Jul 2009, 17:47 UTC	reply to this comment
I have a blank drive. But how to select it for installing Open solaris. It is too difficult for beginers.....

Comment #13 by: augustin on 28 Jul 2009, 14:26 UTC	reply to this comment
how do i install openSolaris 2009.6 text installation? -i'm not having fun installing this "OpenSoralis".

Comment #14 by: bahrie on 27 Oct 2009, 02:44 UTC	reply to this comment
i'm try to install opensolaris in my notebook compaq 510, but if come in log in always out hard voice from my sound noteboke.. why????? i'm need solution. i'm make opensolaris 10. thank..

Comment #15 by: wizcrack on 23 Dec 2009, 07:45 UTC	reply to this comment
i am using the live cd for installing open solaris. all works fine but during installation it just does not detect the hard disk i use. it is an empty 10gb IDE hard disk. everything else is being detected. the cd does not work if the hard disk is in the master mode. so i have to start it as a slave. what should i do to mke solaris detect the hard disk?

Comment #16 by: Saravanan on 11 Jan 2010, 15:36 UTC	reply to this comment
I Installing Open Solaris.... But In Installation 31% Take Long Time.... "Transfering LiveCD Contents" What Happen? So You Must Start Installation Before 5.00PM This is My Advice.

Comment #17 by: Gladiator on 25 Mar 2010, 08:02 UTC	reply to this comment
The OpenSolaris installation takes very long time! I never thought an OS can take this much time, even MS Windows installs more fast! ~60 minutes past, and still at 94%. I will definitely not thinking about reinstalling in the future this, if something will not change. Or do I miss something? Cheers.

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