Re: [Qemu-devel] Solaris 9 x86 installation?

[Fabrice Bellard]

I just commited new fixes. Now the hardware scan does not hang and the 
OS boot goes a few log lines further. The remaining problem may be PCI 
related (I am not sure whether Solaris x86 can boot without PCI).

Fabrice.

Pavel Janík wrote:

> But only a little bit further. The situation is the same for Solaris 9 x86
> and Solaris 10 x86, so I'll describe it together:
>
> QEMU (current CVS):
>
> /tmp/QEMU/bin/qemu -boot d -cdrom Solaris-10-x86/sol-10-install-b54-x86.iso -hda hda.img -m 256 -fda floppy.img 
>
> Solaris now boots, but when you press F2 to continue (with full device
> scan), it will end up with
>
> Scanning: Windows Sound System Compatible
>
> thus you have to reboot and do Specific Scan (F3) instead. Disable all
> devices except sound related (ie. Windows Sound System Compatible and ADS
> Sound Blaster) and continue.
>
> Then you mark CD as boot device and continue.
>
> http://tmp.janik.cz/QEMU/Solaris-10-x86-boot.png
>
> But this is everything. Installation process stops here. For both 9 and 10.
>
> In one of several tries, Solaris installation program also printed No RTC
> date!? to the screen:
>
> http://tmp.janik.cz/QEMU/Solaris-10-x86-no-RTC-date.png