The proprietary OpenBoot PROM (OBP) can boot all the Solaris versions available for the sun4m architecture (see the previous chapter). Please, try it first, and if doesn't work for you, send reports to the OpenBIOS mailing list. OpenBIOS 1.0+ can boot some Solaris versions. The version 2.2 can be booted in the SPARCstation-20 emulation mode only (the exact steps are not yet described in this howto).

The versions prior 1.1.1 and 2.0-2.1 do not support SPARCstation-5 or SPARCstation-20, so they can not be booted. (Some day they maybe will be booted under qemu-system-sparc64 though). Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris do not support 32 bit SPARC platforms, so they can never be booted under qemu-system-sparc. Kernel debugger (kadb) can be loaded for the versions 1.1.2 (from a HDD image) and 2.2 - 9 (from a HDD image or an install CD/DVD).

Reading, understanding and using the Howto is by no means a guarantee for successfully finishing the task, and any mechanical failure, accident, psychological trauma or other cataclysm that may result from using the Howto is entirely your own responsibility and liability.Ĭurrently the versions 1.1.2 (SunOS 4.1.4), 2.2 (SunOS 5.2), 2.3 (SunOS 5.3), 2.4 (SunOS 5.4), 2.5.1 (SunOS 5.5.1), 2.6 (SunOS 5.6), 7 (SunOS 5.7), 8 (SunOS 5.8) and 9 (SunOS 5.9) are supported. The emulation of sparc system is still being improved, so this document will probably be updated. The current version of this how-to is available under. This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to set up qemu-system-sparc so that it can boot Solaris.

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