Re: [Qemu-discuss] Has anyone been able to boot Solaris 8 Install CD/DVD under QEMU

[Donald R. Laster Jr.]

I started with his blog.  The machine's boot processing does appear to start.  
But I get this error

        Trying cdrom:f...
        Open isn't unique

So I am asking if anyone has had any success with Solaris 8 install CD/DVDs and 
SPARC 64 set-up.

   Don

Basil Huffman wrote:
> I have gotten solaris 2.5.1 to boot and install. Check Artyom
> Tarasenko's blog post on solaris and qemu.
>
> On Nov 10, 2012 8:46 PM, "Donald R Laster Jr" <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>
> While I have built some Slackware Linux and Microsoft Windows-XP
> virtual machines (VM) under AQEMU and QEMU using the latest code I
> have not had any success boot the Solaris 8 Install CD/DVD so I can
> create a working VM for some special testing.
>
> So has anyone been successful in booting the Solaris 8 Install
> CD/DVDs with AQEMU and QEMU?  I am trying to create a VM that would
> be the equivalent of the old Sun Microsystems Blade 100/150 that run
> at 500 and 650 MHZ.
>
> So far I have not found anything on the web sites except successes
> with the old Sparc 32 processors.
>
> Thanks in Advance, Donald R Laster Jr. --
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