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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

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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.

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