[BBLISA] How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8

[Dean Anderson]

I have a sparc that I could rent you over the net. I might even have the
solaris 8 s/w somewhere, and maybe even some other stuff. But it would
cost more than $2....

		--Dean

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:

> 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 .
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> 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 .
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> 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 .  
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> 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
> 
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> 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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