[Openstack] Solaris on openstack

Shyam Biradar shyambiradarsggsit at gmail.com
Mon Aug 14 11:17:23 UTC 2017


Yeah, I have tried it, thanks. With this approach also its getting stuck at
very first stage(i.e Configure devices) of install process.
Earlier I was trying on a virtualized KVM box. Now I am trying one bare
metal. Let's see.

Thanks & Regards,
Shyam Biradar,
Email: shyambiradarsggsit at gmail.com,
Contact: +91 8600266938.

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:35 PM, John van Ommen <john.vanommen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You've seen this, right?
>
> https://dcvan24.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/create-a-solaris-
> 10-x86-image-for-openstack/
>
> "*2. Install Solaris*
>
> First of all, create a QCOW2 image. There are several installation options
> for Solaris 10, but believe me you want a developer’s installation. You
> want bash, you want SSH, say yes… A developer’s installation needs about
> 6GB space, so it’s safe to create a image larger than 6GB
> 1
> qemu-img create -f qcow2 solaris.qcow2 7G
>
> Then you need a libvirt.xml file to start the VM. libvirt.xml is a
> configuration file for a VM. You can define everything about the VM in this
> file, including the number of cores, memory size, disk, network, etc. The
> following listing is a template of libvirt.xml used for Solaris
> installation."
>
> On Aug 14, 2017 7:01 AM, "John van Ommen" <john.vanommen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Take a look at this:
>>  https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Solaris_Guests
>>
>> And this:
>> https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status#UNIX_
>> Family:_Solaris.2FOpenSolaris
>>
>> In a nutshell, it looks like all versions of Solaris 10 have various
>> issues running under kvm but there are workarounds.
>>
>> Some releases require modification of the grub parameters to get Solaris
>> to boot under kvm.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2017 6:45 AM, "Shyam Biradar" <shyambiradarsggsit at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello John,
>>
>> I am using KVM hypervisor with that I want to launch solaris 10 OS as
>> guest vm using its ISO image.
>> I am able to start installation process but at the final step its failing
>> to find installation media through cd/dvd device.
>> Attached screenshot.[solaris.JPG]
>>
>> Error after selecting cd/dvd option: No disks found
>>
>>
>> I tried some other ways like launching solaris on esx and converting its
>> vmdk to qcow2, with this approach qcow2 boot process is getting stuck at
>> very initial stage(at boot options step).
>> Attached screenshot{solaris-qcow2.JPG]
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Shyam Biradar,
>> Email: shyambiradarsggsit at gmail.com,
>> Contact: +91 8600266938 <+91%2086002%2066938>.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:53 PM, John van Ommen <john.vanommen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What is the error that you are receiving?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Shyam Biradar <
>>> shyambiradarsggsit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to install solaris on OpenStack. I am facing many issues
>>>> during os installation process.
>>>>
>>>> Does OpenStack support solaris in any release/distribution?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>> Shyam Biradar,
>>>> Email: shyambiradarsggsit at gmail.com,
>>>> Contact: +91 8600266938 <+91%2086002%2066938>.
>>>>
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