Re: [Qemu-discuss] SunOS 4.1.4 on Qemu 2.10.0 on Mac OS X 10.12.6 on mid 2012 Intel MBP w/16GB RAM

[Will Senn]

I did that as well, but got the same errors - here's the version I'm 
running now on Fedora 26.

qemu-system-sparc --version
QEMU emulator version 2.10.50 (v2.10.0-991-gd147f7e815)
Copyright (c) 2003-2017 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers


On 10/6/17 12:18 AM, Dennis Luehring wrote:
> first i would should build lastest qemu release from source - and test 
> with that version - its very easy
>
> you only need some additional packages to build
>
> https://www.qemu.org/download/#source
> https://gns3.com/news/article/how-to-compile-qemu-2-2-0-in-ubu
>
> no need for install - just make
>
>
> Am 04.10.2017 um 01:20 schrieb Will Senn:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I heard on the TUHs mailing list that it was possible to emulate sparc
> > on qemu and further that you could run SunOS. So, I did the following:
> >
> > brew install qemu - which got qemu on my mac
> >
> > rounded up the sunos 4.1.4 install media and the sparcstation 5 version
> > 2.15 boot prom
> >
> > and then followed the directions (and a bunch of variations) at
> > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/SunOS_4.1.4
> >
> > When I got to the post-install reboot, the VM booted up to the point
> > where it was starting network services and then reported a bunch of,
> > "rpc.lockd: Cannot contact status monitor!" and hung. I thought maybe it
> > was environmental, but I got the same errors on Linux Mint 18 with qemu
> > 1.7, 2.0, and 2.14 as well as on FreeBSD with qemu 2.8.1, so I'm asking
> > for help.
> >
> > First question - is there a better/more up-to-date guide than what's on
> > the wiki (I googled but didn't find anything better)?
> >
> > Second question - any idea why the error is happening or how to make it
> > stop (google returned a bunch of Sun notes saying stop and restart rpc,
> > but this isn't really helpful as it happens during boot and it hangs
> > without letting me make any changes)?
> >
> > Third question - has anyone heard of this working on modern hardware and
> > software configurations (the Wiki article is pretty old and the few
> > videos I saw on youtube were Crunchbang - circa Ubuntu 8?
> >
> > Any substantive help appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Will

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