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

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 09:27 +0100, Christoph Rupp wrote:
> 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?

I did it about a year and a half ago. I tried it again last night and it
no longer works properly.

~spot