This is no longer a problem (for sure in latest git, probably further back than that, as I installed Solaris 9/SPARC on SS-20 a few months ago):
Type the number of your choice and press Return: 3 syslog service starting. savecore: no dump device configured Running in command line mode Please wait while the system information is loaded... / Welcome to the Web Start Solaris Command Line installation! The following questions will gather information about this system. This information will be used to configure: Network Kerberos Security Name Service Date and Time Root Password Power Management <Press Return to continue> This can be resolved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539940 Title: Qemu 2.5 Solaris 8 and 9 sparc hang after terminal type menu Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Qemu command: qemu-system-sparc -nographic -monitor null -serial mon:telnet:localhost:3000,server -bios ../../Downloads/ss20_v2.25_rom -M SS-20 -hda ./solsparc -m 512 -cdrom ./sol-9-905hw-ga-sparc-dvd.iso -boot d -cpu "TI SuperSparc 60" -net nic,vlan=1,macaddr=52:54:0:12:34:56 when i do disk2:d, the system loads until the terminal type menu. What type of terminal are you using? 1) ANSI Standard CRT 2) DEC VT52 3) DEC VT100 4) Heathkit 19 5) Lear Siegler ADM31 6) PC Console 7) Sun Command Tool 8) Sun Workstation 9) Televideo 910 10) Televideo 925 11) Wyse Model 50 12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms) 13) CDE Terminal Emulator (dtterm) 14) Other Type the number of your choice and press Return: 3 syslog service starting. savecore: no dump device configured Running in command line mode And nothing happens after that. Anyone encountered this issue? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1539940/+subscriptions