Have you tried qemu-system-i386 (Force the pc/cpu model using -cpu flags) with bochs vesa mode; or for that matter bochs itself? I have had success getting qemu to work with SunOS 4.1.4 sparc(32) in single user mode. I'm thinking the unable to load UFS error is caused by the cd-rom sector size. Solaris on SPARC required 512 byte blocks (SCSI era) while PC's have pretty much always been 2048. I agree that the copy is probably bad with Solaris 8 02/00.
As far as graphics and qemu, if the os supports Cirrus CLGD 5446, X11 could possibly work. I have cobbled some qemu scripts together below for non IA32 platforms that could be used for x86 all the same if you want to try it and get overwhelmed by the dystopic command-lines it has. This doesn't include graphics support, but could be easily hacked to support it for an ia32 target since sparc32 doesn't really have framebuffer and I used serial-line with socat to get it working.
I can't comment on Virtualbox in regards to Solaris, but have similar problems running Xenix 80386 on it. (Don't ask) So I think part of the problem is that it's passing bad (or real) CPU information.
QEmu docs (Incase you need them):
https://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html# ... m-emulator
(Potentials only) qemu-system-i386 -cpu ?:
While not particularly useful unless you want to run qemu under linux under a vm to use my "dynamic qemu" script, here's the code I used to run Gentoo 2006.0 on SPARC32 (Debian host):
command-line:
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sudo ./sparc32.sh --name S1 --ip 192.168.2.3 --monport 10001 --serport 10101 --hwmodel SS-20 --cpu "TI SuperSparc II" --ram 2047 --macaddr 00:50:56:00:9F:F5 --tapdev tap1 --bootorder c
/etc/network/interfaces:
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# Loopback device:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface lo inet6 loopback
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
address 192.168.2.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.2.1
bridge_ports eth0
bridge_stp off
bridge_fd 1
bridge_hello 2
bridge_maxage 12
./scripts/qemu-ifup:
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switch=br0
echo "$0: adding tap interface \"$1\" to bridge \"$switch\""
/sbin/ip link set $1 up promisc on
/sbin/brctl addif $switch $1
sleep 2
exit 0
./scripts/qemu-ifdown:
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switch=br0
echo "$0: deleting tap interface \"$1\" from bridge \"$switch\""
/sbin/ip link set $1 down
/sbin/brctl delif $switch $1
/sbin/ip link delete dev $1
exit 0
./sparc32.sh
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
export BASEDIR="/home/sparcdr"
export \
DWNSCRIPT="$BASEDIR/scripts/qemu-ifdown" \
UPSCRIPT="$BASEDIR/scripts/qemu-ifup"
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "[ABRT] You must be root user!" 2>&1
exit 1
fi
STD_IN=0
prefix=""
key=""
value=""
for keyValue in "$@"
do
case "${prefix}${keyValue}" in
-n=*|--name=*) key="-n"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-i=*|--ip=*) key="-i"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-m=*|--monport=*) key="-m"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-s=*|--serport=*) key="-s"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-h=*|--hwmodel=*) key="-h"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-c=*|--cpu=*) key="-c"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-r=*|--ram=*) key="-r"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-a=*|--macaddr=*) key="-a"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-t=*|--tapdev=*) key="-t"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-b=*|--bootorder=*) key="-b"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-d=*|--iso=*) key="-d"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-l=*|--localtime=*) key="-l"; value=1;;
-u=*|--date=*) key="-u"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-a=*|--sadapter=*) key="-a"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-z=*|--sindex=*) key="-z"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-v|--verbose) key="-v"; value=1;;
*) value=$keyValue;;
esac
case $key in
-n) NAME="${value^^}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-i) HOSTIP="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-m) MONPORT="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-s) SERPORT="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-h) HWMODEL="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-c) CPU="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-r) RAM="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-a) MACADDR="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-t) TAPDEV="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-b) BOOTORDER="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-d) ISO="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-l) LOCALTIME="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-u) CLOCKDATE="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-a) SADAPTER="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-z) SINDEX="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
-v) VERBOSE="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
*) prefix="${keyValue}=";;
esac
done
# Non-KVM Runs Under Single Thread (Disable SMP)
cmd="qemu-system-sparc -nographic -smp 1"
# Host Monitor/Serial Bind
if [ -z "$HOSTIP" ]; then
echo "[INFO] Host IP unspecified, binding to all."
export HOSTIP='0.0.0.0'
fi
# Host Monitor Port
if [ -z "$MONPORT" ]; then
echo "[ABRT] Host monitor port unspecified!"
exit 0
fi
# Host Serial Port (TTYA/COMM1)
if [ -z "$SERPORT" ]; then
echo "[ABRT] Serial port unspecified!"
exit 0
fi
cmd=" $cmd -monitor tcp:$HOSTIP:$MONPORT,server,nowait,nodelay"
cmd=" $cmd -serial telnet:$HOSTIP:$SERPORT,server,nowait,nodelay"
# SS-5, SS-20
if [ -z "$HWMODEL" ]; then
export HWMODEL='SS-20'
echo "[INFO] Hardware model unspecified, defaulting to SS-20."
fi
cmd=" $cmd -M \"$HWMODEL\""
# Fastest Available @ 90MHz (ROSS HyperSPARC Not Available) ~525 BogoMIPS
if [ -z "$CPU" ]; then
export CPU="TI SuperSparc II"
echo "[INFO] CPU unspecified, defaulting to TI SuperSparc II."
fi
cmd=" $cmd -cpu \"$CPU\""
# RAM Unset, Assign Defaults
if [ -z "$RAM" ]; then
if [ "$HWMODEL" != "SS-20" ]; then
# Sane Default
if [ "$HWMODEL" != "SS-5" ]; then
export RAM="512"
else
# Maximum on SPARCStation-5
export RAM="256"
fi
else:
# Maximum Possible (512MB on REAL Hardware)
export RAM="2047"
fi
echo "[INFO] RAM unspecified, defaulting to $RAM MB."
else
# Validate RAM Inputs
if [ "$HWMODEL" == "SS-5" ]; then
# Too Much On SS-5
if [ $RAM -gt 256 ]; then
export RAM=256
echo "[INFO] SS-5 PROM only supports 256MB RAM, setting default."
fi
else
# Too Much!
if [ $RAM -gt 2047 ]; then
export RAM=2047
echo "[INFO] OpenBIOS PROM only supports 2047MB RAM, setting default."
fi
fi
fi
cmd=" $cmd -m $RAM"
# TODO: Make dynamic (Use dodgy .file or something)
if [ -z "$TAPDEV" ]; then
echo "[ABRT] TAP node unspecified!"
exit 0
fi
# Check MAC Address
if [ -z "$MACADDR" ]; then
echo "[ABRT] WAN MAC address unspecified!"
exit 0
else
# WAN MAC Address Specified (V2W)
cmd=" $cmd -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=$TAPDEV,script=$UPSCRIPT,downscript=$DWNSCRIPT -net nic,model=lance,macaddr=$MACADDR"
fi
# Boot Order Unset, Assume SCSI CD-ROM then SCSI HDD
if [ -z "$BOOTORDER" ]; then
echo "[INFO] Boot order unspecified, set defaults: dc."
export BOOTORDER="dc"
fi
cmd="$cmd -boot order=$BOOTORDER"
# ISO Set, Validate
if [ ! -z "$ISO" ]; then
IPATH="$BASEDIR/iso/$ISO"
# Find File
if [ -f "$IPATH" ]; then
# Attach CD-ROM
cmd="$cmd -drive file=$IPATH,cache=none,media=cdrom,if=scsi,index=1"
echo "[INFO] ISO image was specified, attaching media to SCSI bus."
fi
fi
# Localtime Specified
if [ ! -z "$LOCALTIME" ]; then
cmd="$cmd -localtime"
echo "[INFO] Localtime specified, appending to command string."
fi
# Date Manually Set
if [ ! -z "$CLOCKDATE" ]; then
cmd="$cmd -startdate $CLOCKDATE"
echo "[INFO] Clock date specified, appending to command string."
fi
# For Pretty Print
if [ -z "$ISO" ]; then
ISO="N/A"
fi
if [ ! -z "$LOCALTIME" ]; then
LOCALTIME="True"
else
LOCALTIME="False"
fi
if [ -z "$CLOCKDATE" ]; then
CLOCKDATE="N/A"
fi
# HDD Bus
if [ -z "$SADAPTER" ]; then
# Assume SCSI if None Given
SADAPTER="scsi"
fi
# SCSI Indexes
if [ -z "$SINDEX" ]; then
# Assume 0-Index
SINDEX=0
fi
HDD="$BASEDIR/hdd/$NAME"
if [ ! -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
printf "Parameters: \n\
\tName: $NAME, \n\
\tIP: $HOSTIP, \n\
\tMonitor: $MONPORT, \n\
\tSerial: $SERPORT, \n\
\tHardware: $HWMODEL, \n\
\tCPU: $CPU, \n\
\tRAM: $RAM, \n\
\tMAC: $MACADDR, \n\
\tTAP: $TAPDEV, \n\
\tVTAP: $VTAPDEV, \n\
\tBoot: $BOOTORDER, \n\
\tCDROM: $ISO, \n\
\tLocaltime: $LOCALTIME, \n\
\tDate: $CLOCKDATE, \n\
\tHDD: $HDD, \n\
\tHDD Adapter: $SADAPTER, \n\
\tHDD Index: $SINDEX\n"
fi
if [ ! -f "$HDD" ]; then
echo "[ABRT] No HDD image found, aborting!"
exit 0
fi
# Assign HDD
cmd="$cmd -drive file=\"$HDD\",cache=none,if=$SADAPTER,index=$SINDEX"
# Run Command String
if [ ! -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
eval $cmd
else
cmd="$cmd > /dev/null"
eval $cmd
fi
exit 1
Notes:
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cmd="qemu-system-sparc -nographic -smp 1"
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(Remove nographic)
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cmd=" $cmd -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=$TAPDEV,script=$UPSCRIPT,downscript=$DWNSCRIPT -net nic,model=lance,macaddr=$MACADDR"
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cmd=" $cmd -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=$TAPDEV,script=$UPSCRIPT,downscript=$DWNSCRIPT -net nic,model=ne2k_pci,macaddr=$MACADDR"
Network models:
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sparcdr@hammer:~$ qemu-system-i386 -net nic,model=?
qemu: Supported NIC models: ne2k_pci,i82551,i82557b,i82559er,rtl8139,e1000,pcnet,virtio
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-h=*|--hwmodel=*) key="-h"; value="${keyValue#*=}";;
-h) HWMODEL="${value}"; prefix=""; key="";;
# SS-5, SS-20
if [ -z "$HWMODEL" ]; then
export HWMODEL='SS-20'
echo "[INFO] Hardware model unspecified, defaulting to SS-20."
fi
cmd=" $cmd -M \"$HWMODEL\""
# RAM Unset, Assign Defaults
if [ -z "$RAM" ]; then
if [ "$HWMODEL" != "SS-20" ]; then
# Sane Default
if [ "$HWMODEL" != "SS-5" ]; then
export RAM="512"
else
# Maximum on SPARCStation-5
export RAM="256"
fi
else:
# Maximum Possible (512MB on REAL Hardware)
export RAM="2047"
fi
echo "[INFO] RAM unspecified, defaulting to $RAM MB."
else
# Validate RAM Inputs
if [ "$HWMODEL" == "SS-5" ]; then
# Too Much On SS-5
if [ $RAM -gt 256 ]; then
export RAM=256
echo "[INFO] SS-5 PROM only supports 256MB RAM, setting default."
fi
else
# Too Much!
if [ $RAM -gt 2047 ]; then
export RAM=2047
echo "[INFO] OpenBIOS PROM only supports 2047MB RAM, setting default."
fi
fi
fi
\tHardware: $HWMODEL, \n\
Create hdd (36GB):
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dd if=/dev/zero of=S1 bs=1M count=36864
New command-line (Boot off iso):
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sudo ./sparc32.sh --name S1 --ip 192.168.2.3 --monport 10001 --serport 10101 --cpu "pentium2" --ram 2047 --macaddr 00:50:56:00:9F:F5 --tapdev tap1 --bootorder d --iso "/data/solaris.iso"
New command-line (Boot off disk):
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sudo ./sparc32.sh --name S1 --ip 192.168.2.3 --monport 10001 --serport 10101 --cpu "pentium2" --ram 2047 --macaddr 00:50:56:00:9F:F5 --tapdev tap1 --bootorder c
* Note the boot order. C is the virtual disk, D would be the ISO. You may be able to use -net user (slirp) on a Windows host (Instead of tuntap) as x86 is the main target anyways and is one of the only targets with any decent level of graphics support. The SCSI target I use above may not work at all on x86 so may need to be also changed.
If you need any explanations about the above snippet(s) I'm happy to help.
