Solaris 10 and 11 as VM

[rabbe]

Hi

 

I'm trying to install Solaris 10 and 11 as VM on unRAID.

I use the default Linux VM and added a solaris iso, a Nvidia GTX 570 GPU and a SUN Keyboard.

 

Solaris 10 - USB Mode 2.0(EHCI)

It looks like its trying to boot, but nothing is happening.

 

Solaris 11 - USB Mode 2.0(EHCI)

I get the error: WARNING: /pci@0, 0/pci ...something.. (uhci0): No SOF interrupts have been received, this USB UHCI host controller is unusable.

 

Solaris 11 - USB Mode 3.0(XHCI)

The boot is coming futher. But it stil crash, look at pictures.

 

 

I'm going to buy an USB 2.0 PCI-E and try passthrough it to Solaris, maby it helps.

 

Anyone having an idea to solve this?

Is it possible to run Solaris as a VM in unRAID?

 

EDIT:

I dunno how to get picture work..

http://pasteboard.co/1kGPkpMq.jpg

http://pasteboard.co/1kGRQpz8.jpg

[ijuarez]

Hi

 

I'm trying to install Solaris 10 and 11 as VM on unRAID.

I use the default Linux VM and added a solaris iso, a Nvidia GTX 570 GPU and a SUN Keyboard.

 

Solaris 10 - USB Mode 2.0(EHCI)

It looks like its trying to boot, but nothing is happening.

 

Solaris 11 - USB Mode 2.0(EHCI)

I get the error: WARNING: /pci@0, 0/pci ...something.. (uhci0): No SOF interrupts have been received, this USB UHCI host controller is unusable.

 

Solaris 11 - USB Mode 3.0(XHCI)

The boot is coming futher. But it stil crash, look at pictures.

 

 

I'm going to buy an USB 2.0 PCI-E and try passthrough it to Solaris, maby it helps.

 

Anyone having an idea to solve this?

Is it possible to run Solaris as a VM in unRAID?

 

EDIT:

I dunno how to get picture work..

http://pasteboard.co/1kGPkpMq.jpg

http://pasteboard.co/1kGRQpz8.jpg

 

Just curious why are you using SUN Keyboard instead of a regular keyboard

[rabbe]

Just curious why are you using SUN Keyboard instead of a regular keyboard

 

I tryed "normal" keyboard first. But old sparc computers does not boot without sun-keyboard (by default), so i thought it was worth the try 

I dont use sparc now.

[uek2wooF]

Ever get this working?  I need them too, (no passthrough needed).

[xanvincent]

Can you get it to boot successfully with no USB peripherals attached?

 

I'd imagine you'd need to use the Solaris x86 version and force the CPU to one of the supported Intel ones (like Westmere). 

 

EDIT: I recall from my sysadmin days that Solaris x86 was hot garbage, can you use something more modern like Illumos or Open Indiana?

Edited September 14, 2020 by xanvincent

[uek2wooF]

Well of course no answers on the forum again.  I finally gave solaris another shot and got 10 and 11 both running (they call them x86 but really they are 64 bit).  There are a lot of usb errors so hopefully you don't need usb.  I chose the regular US English keyboard if it asked that.

 

For both I did Add VM.  Then I chose something linux and sadly I can't remember what.  I thought I chose redhat but I have a tux icon there for both so maybe I chose that first one, just "Linux".

 

For solaris 11:

OVMF bios

i440fx-5.1 chipset

cdrom bus IDE

primary bus IDE

qcow2

1536 mb

And you have to go to XML view and change virtio-net to e1000.

 

For solaris 10:

For some reason I gave it 2560 mb ram, I think I got an error and increased it.  After the install you can probably reduce it.

Everything else the same as sol 11 but I had to use Seabios bios instaed of OVMF

 

Hope this helps someone.