[BBLISA] How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8

[Edward Ned Harvey]

Ahhh.  The tricky part is not how to install solaris 8 . The tricky part is
emulating the sparc processor on intel hardware.  Maybe I have to buy a
modern sparc system.  Or more likely, I'm back to getting an old $150 box
from craigslist instead of a new $10k server that'll be used for 20 minutes
a year .

 

Does anybody offer Sparc cloud servers?  Rent a box for 1 hour, pay Two
Dollars.  That would be nice.  I'll have to poke around and see if I can
find somewhere now .

 

I have seen some articles suggesting qemu for sparc emulation, and I've seen
as many articles saying how horribly it doesn't work.  I think I'll try it
at least a little bit, so I can say I made the effort, didn't leave that
stone unturned .  

 

 

 

From: Peter Galvin [mailto:pbg at cptech.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:20 PM
To: Edward Ned Harvey; Bblisa at Bblisa. Org
Subject: Re: [BBLISA] How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8

 

Hi Ned,

The "official" way is to install a Solaris 8 container within Solaris 10.
Note that this is a commercial solution - you have to pay for S8 support and
S10 support on the box on which you do this.

--Peter


On 2/25/10 7:37 PM, "Edward Ned Harvey" <bblisa3 at nedharvey.com> wrote:

Working at semiconductor companies, it seems to be a common request, that we
need to obtain some sparc solaris 8 machine to run a memory compiler.  In
the past, I've solved this by begging local IT depts for their garbage, and
build one of these machines.  I'd very much like to improve this.

Does anybody know of any way to create a sparc solaris 8 machine modern day?
Whether virtual or otherwise ... Preferably virtual.

Thanks. 

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