> 1. Can I use qemu 0.9 binaries (for example a package qemu-0.9.0-sparc.zip
> found on http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/), or should I download the
> source code from CVS, apply patches (if so, which ones?) and build it myself?
> I tried to build the version on the site (QEMU CVS Code drop –
> 2007/06/12, with patches), but it throws a "No rule to make target
> `config-host.mak'. Stop." message when invoking 'make' on it. I assume it's
> only for OpenSolaris, but if no, what do I need to build it on Windows?
qemu-0.9.0-windows.zip should work, qemu.exe should boot the 32-bit kernel,
qemu-system-x86_64.exe should boot the 64-bit kernel.
> 2. Which Solaris/OpenSolaris distributions should work with qemu? I mean
> names as well as architectures (I'd preferably install Solaris on an emulated
> Sparc).
x86 only. The SPARC emulation is not complete enough to boot any version of
Solaris. Any version of Solaris should boot and work under QEMU, for older
Solaris releases pre-GRUB, you may need to play with flags such as disabling
ACPI. The OpenSolaris QEMU site has more advice like which network emulation to
use, etc. Recent Nevada bits definitely work.
- Eric
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