{"id":10152,"date":"2017-05-26T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/getting-solaris-8-x86-up-and-running-in-virtual-box\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:06:21","slug":"getting-solaris-8-x86-up-and-running-in-virtual-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/getting-solaris-8-x86-up-and-running-in-virtual-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Solaris 8 x86 up and running in Virtual Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/a-new-ogg-challenge-migrate-an-oracle-8-1-7-4-instance-to-10-2-0-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">this project<\/a> is going to start soon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/8-1-9-yes-true-but\/#comment-7341\" target=\"_blank\">I learned that there is a x86 version of Solaris 8<\/a>, today I thought it would be great if I can get a test setup up and running. First issue: Where to get the Solaris 8 distribution from. This turned out be quite easy, there is a support note which links to all the releases: Where to download Oracle Solaris ISO images and Update Releases (Doc ID 1277964.1).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_1.png\" alt=\"solaris8_1\" width=\"671\" height=\"730\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16854\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The only settings I changed in VirtualBox from the default are these (Audio off, USB off, Network-Adapter):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_2.png\" alt=\"solaris8_2\" width=\"768\" height=\"504\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16855\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_3.png\" alt=\"solaris8_3\" width=\"761\" height=\"520\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16856\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_4.png\" alt=\"solaris8_4\" width=\"770\" height=\"517\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16857\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Booted the machine from the &#8220;sol-8-u7-install-ia.iso&#8221; and went through the installer. Here are some screenshots:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_5.png\" alt=\"solaris8_5\" width=\"716\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16859\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_6.png\" alt=\"solaris8_6\" width=\"718\" height=\"478\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16860\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_7.png\" alt=\"solaris8_7\" width=\"721\" height=\"481\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16861\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_8.png\" alt=\"solaris8_8\" width=\"718\" height=\"475\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16862\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_9.png\" alt=\"solaris8_9\" width=\"723\" height=\"481\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16863\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_10.png\" alt=\"solaris8_10\" width=\"726\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16864\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_11.png\" alt=\"solaris8_11\" width=\"722\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16865\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_12.png\" alt=\"solaris8_12\" width=\"721\" height=\"492\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16866\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/solaris8_14.png\" alt=\"solaris8_14\" width=\"727\" height=\"483\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16869\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up and running &#8230; The next challenge will be to get openssh up and running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As this project is going to start soon and I learned that there is a x86 version of Solaris 8, today I thought it would be great if I can get a test setup up and running. 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He has more than 15 years of experience in management, engineering and optimization of databases and infrastructures, especially on Oracle and PostgreSQL. Since the beginning of his career, he has specialized in Oracle Technologies and is Oracle Certified Professional 12c and Oracle Certified Expert RAC\/GridInfra. Over time, Daniel has become increasingly interested in open source technologies, becoming \u201cTechnology Leader Open Infrastructure\u201d and PostgreSQL expert. \u00a0Based on community or EnterpriseDB tools, he develops and installs complex high available solutions with PostgreSQL. He is also a certified PostgreSQL Plus 9.0 Professional and a Postgres Advanced Server 9.4 Professional. He is a regular speaker at PostgreSQL conferences in Switzerland and Europe. Today Daniel is also supporting our customers on AWS services such as AWS RDS, database migrations into the cloud, EC2 and automated infrastructure management with AWS SSM (System Manager). He is a certified AWS Solutions Architect Professional. Prior to dbi services, Daniel was Management System Engineer at LC SYSTEMS-Engineering AG in Basel. Before that, he worked as Oracle Developper &amp;\u00a0Project Manager at Delta Energy Solutions AG in Basel (today Powel AG). Daniel holds a diploma in Business Informatics (DHBW, Germany). 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