Solaris on Virtual PC

When I went to download Solaris 10 OS I was presented with two different dowload options: Solaris for SPARC or Solaris for x64/x86. I was planning on previewing the Solaris OS via Virtual PC. I am wondering if this is possible and if so which download should I try.
Thank you.

The terms "sparc" and "x86" relate to the architecture of the machine. Sun servers and workstations are Sparc platforms. However in the last couple of years, Sun has released x86 platforms with Intel chips to try and get a foothold on the growing Linux market.
A typical PC has an x86 architecture which more commonly uses either Intel or AMD chips.
HINT: If you just want to try out Solaris, you can download a "live" version and simply run it from your CD/DVD player without having to install it.
Welcome to Solaris 10!
Cheers,
Erick Ramirez
Melbourne, Australia

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@O.P.
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Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 14 November 2006
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HI Everyone
i have installed solaris 10/09 os in oracle virtual box 4.0.2
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1. I have installed usb driver and network driver for the virtual box and i have succesfully installed the extension packs also . while logging in to virtual machine
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2.Usb mouse is working in virtual machine but im not able to see the mouse pointer and then i can identify the mouse movement when mouse accelaration is very slow.Do you also have Guest Additions installed?
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3.I can't able configure internet connection for virtual machine in default adapter NAT.when i change the setting to host only network adapter
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4.Can't able to adjust the screen resolution more than 800 x 600 .
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-- Alan

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This inquiry was initially posted to the Predictive Self Healing forum for some unfathomable reason.
It has now been moved to the Oracle VM and Virtualization forum for closer topic alignment.
Advice to original poster:
If you couldn't read enough posts to figure out which forum was appropriate, how are you going to be able to read replies to your question? You should go back to wherever you found Virtualbox and Solaris and read the product documenteation. Installation instructions are already there.

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A.

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Hallo!I am a total newbie in Solaris and Virtual Box.
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Yo,
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