If you are interested in running the Mac OS or Windows on Sun Ray clients, then give VirtualBox a try, suggests the Chinese Functional CA Team blog, which takes readers through the steps of having Windows XP run on a Sun Ray client.

Writing for the blog, Yao-Dong Hu outlines the basics as:

1) Downloading VirtualBox for the specific OS

2) Downloading the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS)

3) Launching VirtualBox and creating a virtual machine

4) Booting the virtual machine via Solaris DVD and installing it

5) Logging in to the Solaris OS in the virtual machine

6) Copying the Sun Ray Server Software into the virtual machine

7) Running "utinstall" and configuring the server

Once the Sun Ray client is connected to the network, the task is essentially complete. A few more details are included on configuring the Sun Ray client as well as its role in conjunction to the network. Check out the group's blog that demonstrates Sun Ray clients and Windows XP can work together. [...read more...]

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