[Aurora-sparc-user] running aurora in qemu on linux/x64-host?

[Christoph Rupp]

Tom,

>> I can still select a keyboard, but then the installer once prints
>> "ERROR: opening /dev/sda", and then it exits.
>
> How did you make that test.img file? Try doing:
>
> qemu-img create test.img 4G

i created it with
qemu-img create test.img 2G

> I'd also note a few things about qemu that I know of:
>
> The X driver emulation is not terribly good, it locks up early. Try
> doing a text mode install. Also, you can't boot the DVD image, the prom
> emulation isn't smart enough.

So you managed to run aurora as a qemu guest? Can you tell me your
qemu-system-sparc command line?

Thanks
Chris