VirtualBox - Install of OpenSolaris,NetBeans & Java SE 6 on a Mac (Images)
posted Friday, 29 February 2008
| I have been using Parallels in conjunction with Nevada Version 82 (OpenSolaris). Yesterday I decided to explore Sun/Innotek's VirtualBox and Nevada Version 84. For those that don't know Sun recently acquired Innotek which produces a family of x86 virtualization products. Unlike some of the competitor's in the field, like VMware and Parallels - Innotek's VirtualBox is open source software using the Gnu Public License (GPL). So I decided to take a look at it on the MacBook Pro. I already had Parallels running on the MacBook Pro so it would be an interesting comparison. I have to say the installation went much smoother than I am use to - downloaded VirtualBox for MacOS X (note - Windows, OpenSolaris and Linux versions are available). Downloading the Nevada ISO, setting the CD/DVD pointer to the ISO and booting it. You can see | 
select to go to | some of the images from the install from start to end - the initial VirtualBox app pointing to the ISO, then booting the OS, then installing the software, then rebooting into the welcome screen, then logging into the GNOME desktop and finally the properties of OpenSolaris in VirtualBox. The very cool thing is that NetBeans 6 along with Java SE 6 is already installed along with a wealth of software. You can simply visit the Developer menu and select NetBeans 6 and watch as it comes up and you can quickly download plugins you need - as the network transparently works. Couple of points - Nevada 84 is a version of OpenSolaris and includes Java SE 6 out-of-the-box. The only thing left is to play around with xorg.conf file to get the resolution to 1440x900. |
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