[Qemu-devel] Re: NetBSD5.0.2 SPARC Success

[Artyom Tarasenko]

2010/8/25 Nigel Horne <address@hidden>:
> NetBSD5.0.2/Sparc installed faultlessly and seamlessly using QEMU from GIT
> with a Linux/x86_64 host.

Nice! Actually I'd expect that all NetBSD versions after 4.0 and
before 1.5.3 (inclusive) which work on the real machines are able to
be installed under qemu. If they are not it is a yet unknown qemu bug.
(The versions 1.6-3.x can't be installed because of a known bug).

> I obtained the installation CD from
> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/5.0.2/sparccd-5.0.2.iso.
>
> The ran these commands:
>
> $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 netbsd5.0.2-sparc 2G
> $ qemu-system-sparc -cdrom sparccd-5.0.2.iso -hda netbsd5.0.2-sparc -m 96
> -boot d -nographic
> $ qemu-system-sparc -hda netbsd5.0.2-sparc -m 96 -boot c -nographic
>
> One hiccup to be aware of: for vi to work in the guest, resize your terminal
> window to 34 lines.

I use eval `resize` to set cols & rows shell variables. stty would do too.

> Packages are available from
>
> PKG_PATH=http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/sparc/5.0_2010Q2/All
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Thanks and Kudos to the QEMU and NetBSD teams.
>
> -Nigel
>
> --
> Nigel Horne. Arranger, Adjudicator, Band Trainer, Composer, Tutor,
> Typesetter.
> NJH Music, ICQ#20252325, twitter: @nigelhorne
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>


-- 
Regards,
Artyom Tarasenko

solaris/sparc under qemu blog: http://tyom.blogspot.com/