What I had mentioned earlier- If I could get it to work. I'd let you know. That post is gone now- was and still is true.
Console drivers are missing from the express install. If you have SPARC/UltraSPARC systems, then you need a lot of standard Sun hardware including video, sound, and network cards. I had tried it a few years ago on x86 hardware and lacked the sufficient memory and a supported graphics card. No, I am not talking off of the top of my head. I've tried a few of the projects based on it; and, again, I lacked sufficient memory to run the systems.
OpenSolaris isn't dead. there are still active projects based on it. Oracle and Fujitsu are not planning on dropping the SPARC/SPARC64/UltraSPARC platform, they're improving on it. What's missing are enough people with the initiative and resources to return it to the Desktop/Workstation market. Someone had mentioned that there is no reason to fear a corporation because it is a mass of buildings, assets, and land. The statement remains true.
People are the only evil; and, in our own eyes, each one is innocent and pure. (This is a general statement to prove a point and not to pass judgment on all people.)
Again, if I get the proper equipment, I'll try it and tell you what I think of both the older and newer releases.