Re: [Qemu-devel] Can't open boot device for Solaris 8

[Phillip Shin]

Thanks for replying! I configured with target-list=x86_64-softmmu and
called make again. Then I tried this command:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -bios ss5.bin -nographic -L . -hda 36GB.disk -m 256 -M
SS-5 -cdrom sol-8-u7-install-ia.iso
qemu-system-x86_64: -bios ss5.bin: unsupported machine type
Use -machine help to list supported machines

So I listed the supported machines:
Supported machines are:
pc                   Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (alias of
pc-i440fx-2.7)
pc-i440fx-2.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (default)
pc-i440fx-2.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.3        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-1.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-1.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-1.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-1.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-1.3               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-1.2               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-1.1               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-1.0               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-0.15              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-0.14              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-0.13              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-0.12              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-0.11              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-0.10              Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
q35                  Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (alias of pc-q35-2.7)
pc-q35-2.7           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.6           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.5           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.4           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
isapc                ISA-only PC
none                 empty machine

Now I've no clue which machine I'm supposed to use and how to change the
command. I've looked around and tried to change the command but I either
get the same message or it just hangs and I can only quit by closing the
terminal. Any advice on how to proceed is again appreciated!