Solaris is a cross-platform operating system that is known for its scalability, performance and security. VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization software that runs in x86 platform. It allows various operating systems to be installed in a single pc. And Solaris is one operating system that can be installed in VirtualBox. After creating the virtual disk [...]
Archive for June, 2009
How to Install Solaris in VirtualBox – Part 2
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 27th, 2009
Posted in Operating Systems, Solaris, VirtualBox 
Tags: Linux, Solaris, Virtual Box, VirtualBox 
4 Comments »How to Install Solaris in VirtualBox – Part 1
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 27th, 2009
Solaris is a cross-platform operating system that is known for its scalability, performance and security. VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization software that runs in x86 platform. It allows various operating systems to be installed in a single pc. And Solaris is one operating system that can be installed in VirtualBox. Please see How to Install [...]
Posted in Operating Systems, Solaris, VirtualBox Tags: Solaris, Virtual Box, VirtualBox 8 Comments »How to Install VirtualBox
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 27th, 2009
Since I started using VirtualBox in my Operating System classes, learning different operating systems has become more fun and exciting. My students were able to explore various operating systems such as Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows while using just a single pc. VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization software that is currently maintained by Sun [...]
How To Create the Installation CD
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 20th, 2009
EXPERIMENT NO. 2 Creating the Installation CD An essential part in using the Linux operating systems creating the installation cd. The Installation CD is a bootable CD that allows the user to install the operating system. The steps are summarized as follows: Technorati Tags: burn, create, How to create the Linux Installation CD, installation, iso [...]
Posted in Linux, OS023L1, Operating Systems, Ubuntu Tags: burn, create, How to create the Linux Installation CD, installation, iso recorder, nero, Ubuntu 2 Comments »How To Download an Open Source Operating System
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 17th, 2009
EXPERIMENT NO. 1 Downloading an Open Source OS (Ubuntu) Technorati Tags: download, Linux, open source, operating system, Ubuntu
Posted in Linux, OS023L1, Operating Systems, Ubuntu Tags: download, Linux, open source, operating system, Ubuntu 1 Comment »How To Upgrade Ubuntu Server Edition
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 16th, 2009
Similar to its desktop counterpart, the Ubuntu Server Edition, issue new releases regularly; and offers an easy to follow steps to upgrade. The following are the steps that I normally follow whenever I upgrade my Ubuntu server installations. Technorati Tags: how to upgrade linux server, how to upgrade ubuntu server, Linux, server, Ubuntu, upgrade
Posted in Linux, Ubuntu Tags: how to upgrade linux server, how to upgrade ubuntu server, Linux, server, Ubuntu, upgrade 2 Comments »How To Configure DNS in Ubuntu Server
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 15th, 2009
Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system for computers, services, or any resource participating in a network, be it local area network or the Internet. It translates domain names meaningful to human into numerical identifiers for the purpose of locating the device associated with it, i.e., host names into ip addresses. Similar to [...]
How To Upgrade Ubuntu Desktop Edition
Posted by Ariel E. Isidro on June 10th, 2009
The Ubuntu developers issue new desktop and server releases every six months. That gives us, the user the latest and greatest applications that the open source world has to offer. With the frequency that the developers issue the new releases, as users, now we are tasked to upgrade our operating systems to the current release. [...]
