Bored with Windows set up your own Solaris VM and work simultaneously on both

      This is an extract from the post made by Brian Leonard in one of the wiki pages in Solaris(now oracle website). This content is available in the Oracle website as well and all the credit goes to Brian and Oracle.

1. Install VirtualBox: 
   
2. Download the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Virtual Machine for Oracle VM VirtualBox. It's 1.8 GBs.
3. Extract the archive
4. Start VirtualBox
5. Select File > Import Appliance (or Ctrl+I):
   
6. Browse to the location where you downloaded the Solaris 10 9/10 Appliance Image and select the Solaris10_0910.ovf:
   
7. Click Next
   • Set the Guest OS Type to Solaris modern (S10U8+) (64 bit)
   • Set the RAM to 1920 MB
     
8. Wait while the appliance is imported. The import only takes a couple of minutes, although the import dialog my indicate otherwise:
   

Exercise 3: Start the Solaris 10 9/10 Appliance

In this exercise we will run Solaris 10 for the first time - performing a system configuration.

1. Select Machine > Start or click the Start icon on the VirtualBox tool bar.
2. Wait wile Solaris boots up:
   
3. Specify the keyboard layout and press F2 to continue:
   
4. Specify Yes that the system is connected to the network and press F2 to continue:
   
5. Specify whether or not you want Solaris to use DHCP. This will likely be up to your network administrator and press F2 to continue:
   
6. Specify No to enable IPv6 and press F2 to continue:
   
7. Confirm the networking information and press F2 to continue:
   
8. Specify No to Configure Kerberos Security and press F2 to continue:
   
9. Confirm the Kerberos Security configuration and press F2 to continue:
   
10. Select None for the Name Service and press F2 to continue:
    
11. Confirm the Name service selection and press F2 to continue:
    
12. Use the NFSv4 domain name derived by the system and press F2 to continue:
    
13. Confirm the VFSv4 domain selection and press F2 to continue:
    
14. Select your Time Zone Continent and press F2 to continue:
    
15. Select your Time Zone Country and press F2 to continue:
    
16. Select your Time Zone and press F2 to continue:
    
17. Set the Date and Time and press F2 to continue (note, the warning is harmless and can be safely ignored):
    
18. Confirm the Date and time information and press F2 to continue:
    
19. Set the Root password and press F2 to continue. The labs that follow this lab will assume the root password has been set to "solaris":
    
20. Wait will the system is rebooted.

Exercise 4: Log into the system:

1. Log in with user name root:
   
2. And password solaris: