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

[Michal Suchanek]

On 13 January 2011 00:34, Mateusz Loskot <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 12/01/11 17:15, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> On 12/01/11 16:48, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>>> On 12 January 2011 16:21, Mateusz Loskot<address@hidden>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thinking of future, could anyone estimate when it will be possible to
>>>> boot Solaris 10 installation from ISO disks, if at all?
>>>> To summary, what OS alternative for SPARC we have got apart from Debian
>>>> which are known to work under QEMU? *BSD systems?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can run NetBSD sparc install CD just fine.
>>>
>>> It supports sparc32 in the latest release.
>>
>> Thanks. Great, I'll try.
>>
>> One of the problems I found with Debian Etch is the package repositories
>> are no longer supported and the installer
>> can easily mess with those for Lenny.
>> The only solution is to have all CDs for Etch available and run complete
>> offline installation.
>>
>> I guess the NetBSD option is more up to date here.
>
> I have tried the recent NetBSD and it boots without problems,
> however I can't configure networking to install via FTP/HTTP.
> Strangely, I don't get question about DHCP.

Yes, that's probably an issue with the sparc installer script.

However, the sparccd has all the sets so you can easily install from the CD.

Once installed you can set up dhclient.

HTH

Michal