In VirtualBox what Solaris version to select for installing Solaris 10 1/13?

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My operating system is Windows 7. I am new to Unix. I want to install Solaris 10 on VirtualBox.

I have installed VirtualBox 5.1.14.

I have also downloaded Solaris 10 1/13 as sol-10-u11-ga-x86-dvd.iso.

Now in VirtualBox I am trying to create a Virtual Machine. In the "Create Virtual Machine" window, when I select "Solaris" as "Type", then there are 2 options available as "Version" which are:

  1. Oracle Solaris 10 5/09 and earlier (32-bit)
  2. Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 and later (32-bit)

I am confused which option to select which matches with the Solaris 10 1/13 I have downloaded?

What is the meaning of 1/13 and 5/09 and 10/09 for Solaris 10?

Thanks

S H

Posted 2017-02-08T01:50:26.893

Reputation: 23

You can generally look up the release with update number (e.g. 10 u11) in a table to find the month/year of that release. However that release is too new for the table I normally use (https://trent.utfs.org/wiki/Solaris/Releases), but the one on the Solaris wikipedia page mentions that Solaris 10 "u11" is 1/13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)#Version_history.

– rakslice – 2018-07-13T23:07:03.383

Answers

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Updates to Solaris (...) in the past (...) were named after the month and year of their release, such as "Solaris 10 1/13"

Solaris (operating system) - Wikipedia

So you need to set it to Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 and later.

BTW, it's much easier and faster to download directly VirtualBox template (Solaris 10, Solaris 11) from Oracle, you just need to open it in VirtualBox, instead of installing.

Hex

Posted 2017-02-08T01:50:26.893

Reputation: 982

Are Solaris 10 VirtualBox templates available? – Andrew Henle – 2017-02-08T16:16:31.773

@AndrewHenle I linked to them. Please ignore solaris11 inside URL, this link goes to Solaris 10. – Hex – 2017-02-08T16:35:47.103

2so 5/09 means released in May 2009, 10/09 means released in October 2009 and 1/13 means released in January 2013? This is cool. – S H – 2017-02-10T23:06:17.830

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