Solaris ZFS on intel imac via parallels

Started playing with Solaris ZFS on Solaris 10 for x86 today.

I have a solaris 10 x86 install on parallels VM on my intel iMac and I wanted to see if I could create a ZFS filesystem using two 1gb virtual hard disks. Parallels only allows 4 virtual IDE devices and since I have the DVD and the boot drive, I only have 2 devices to play with. But it would appear that the devices aren't easily used.

Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris timeout: abort device, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris timeout: reset target, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris timeout: reset bus, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris gda: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1/cmdk@0,0 (Disk1):
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris Error for command 'read sector' Error Level: Informational
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris gda: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: aborted command
Jul 26 22:59:31 solaris gda: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor 'Gen-ATA ' error code: 0x3
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris timeout: abort request, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris timeout: abort device, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris timeout: reset target, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1 (ata1):
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris timeout: reset bus, target=0 lun=0
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris gda: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1/cmdk@0,0 (Disk1):
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris Error for command 'read sector' Error Level: Informational
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris gda: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: aborted command
Jul 26 23:00:06 solaris gda: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor 'Gen-ATA ' error code: 0x3

A search of the parallels forum tells me I'm not alone.
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=3221&highlight=solaris+10

sigh....

Well, if I get it to work, I'm going to use:
docs.sun.com: Solaris ZFS Administration Guide
To play with it.... Here's hoping.

Tags: Solaris ZFS Parallels