Have you checked your laptop with Sun Device Detection tool? http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp
First you need to do that before you install a Solaris version to get the Driver support snapshot. Next point is, why do you need virtual box like? Uninstall it. Simple method is download the Live CD from here and burn it: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2008/11/osol-0811.iso And read this thoroughly BEFORE you install from the LiveCD: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2008.11/getstart/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org