Re: [Qemu-devel] Solaris 8 keyboard issues on 0.6.1

[Bochnig, Martin]

Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:

> I'm trying to install Solaris 8 x86 on Qemu 0.6.1. I'm booting with 
> -isa   and going through all the default screens (pressing F2, arrows, 
> space)
>
> When the install system boots, it asks for language selection and asks 
> for the user to type a number. When I do so, nothing shows up on the 
> console. When I press enter, I get a repeating series of the letter 'a'.
>
> Configuring the keyboard differently when I boot the cd makes no 
> difference.
>
> Anyone else get this working successfully?

Solaris 9 x86 04/04 (or later) and Solaris 10 x86 guests should work 
"out of the box".

You may obtain them for free (download) from
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/10/
or
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/9/
respectively.

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