Re: [Qemu-devel] Linux as VirtualBox quest OS with QEMU running Solaris

[Artyom Tarasenko]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Mateusz Loskot <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 10/01/11 21:04, Artyom Tarasenko wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Mateusz Loskot<address@hidden>
>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I suggest using QEMU git master. You could try the binaries
>>>> from my website: http://www.weilnetz.de/qemu/
>>>
>>> Stefan,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much!
>>> So far, I have tried to use versions of QEMU from Qemu Manager 0.7
>>> as well as QEMU 0.13 from
>>> http://homepage3.nifty.com/takeda-toshiya/
>>> but without any luck. I suppose it's because these versions do not
>>> have most recent OpenBIOS usable with SPARC.
>>
>> If you need Solaris, OpenBIOS is currently not your choice.
>
> I understand.
>
>> Have to use an OBP blob.
>
> Where can I find instructions on how to use it?
>
> Actually, I don't need Solaris but SPARC.
> So, even Linux for SPARC would do for me.
>
> I tried Debian 4.0 (etch) and Debian 5.0 (lenny) but with no luck.
> I think I confused the 32 vs 64 bit and SPARC flavors.

32 bit Debian 4.0 should work out of the box, also with OpenBIOS. The
5.0 exists only for 64 bit machines, so it can not be booted yet.


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Regards,
Artyom Tarasenko

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