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Re: [Qemu-devel] Inquiry:Solaris 8 installation on QEMU

Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Inquiry:Solaris 8 installation on QEMU
From: Blue Swirl
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:39:47 +0300
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:08 AM, hadi motamedi <motamedi24@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear All
> Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I install Solaris 8 on
> QEMU ? Please be informed that I have downloadedÂ& installed
> qemu-0.9.0-sparc on my x86 workstation . It seems that it has emulated the
> UltraSPARC platform on my pc as I am receiving the followings :
> "#uname -a
> Linux (none) 2.6.11 #3 Tue Mar 15 18:21:10 UTC 2005 sparc unknown"

This is 32 bit Sparc, not UltraSPARC. UltraSPARC emulator is called
sparc64 (sparc64-softmmu, qemu-system-sparc64).

> I have an application that calls for UltraSPAR Solaris 8 to be pre-installed
> . Can you please let me know how can I install Solaris 8 on my new emulated
> platform ?
> Thank you in advance

UltraSPARC emulation is not complete. Even Sparc32 can't boot Solaris
8 for some mysterious reason.


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