Solaris 10 / Nevada on Parallels desktop
Documented mostly so I can remember - to make Solaris 10 6/06 or Nevada (build 49) work when getting the "cannot find install software" error message after booting off the DVD ISO image:
Reboot the VM, and at the grub menu, hit 'e' and 'e' again to edit the kernel boot parameters.
Change the line from
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom
to:
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom,atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0
Hit 'b' to boot with the new parameters, and marvel at how it now magically works.
Once you've got it installed, there's still no support for the rtl8029 card that
parallels emulates, but this is easily fixed. Shutdown the VM, and change the DVD
image to /Library/Parallels/Tools/vmtools.iso. Again, you'll need to interrupt the
grub boot process by hitting 'e' twice, and add the following to the existing boot
command:
-B atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0
Hit enter and 'b' to boot. Hopefully when you log in, you'll find you have a
/cdrom/prltools mounted.
To install the drivers, (as root) type:
cd /cdrom/prltools/drivers/network/rtl8029/solaris
./network.sh
If you use dhcp, answer 'y' to the question, then you can 'init 6' to reboot.