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Today I installed Solaris 10 on Parallels beta 2 (I wanted to test some software on a Solaris platform).

• As suggested by several hints on the net I changed the kernel boot options to -B install_media=cdrom,atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0
• I tried to boot from the installation DVD without success (grub was giving an Error 13: Invalid format)
• I then tried with the CDs (same version) and the boot process proceeded smoothly
• The installer complained about the amount of RAM and I had to increase it to 500MB to enable the graphical installation process (I know that it isn’t strictly necessary but I wanted to see how it looked like …)
• Configured the screen settings (Xorg) following the hints on http://www.chenqi.org/blog/archives/2006/11/installing_sola.html
• Configured the network by mounting the Parallels Tools CD image and executing the configuration script: /cdrom/prltools/drivers/network/rtl8029/solaris/network.sh
• Installed the sound drivers from: http://www.tools.de/solaris/audio/
• Reboot and enjoy