I have a ss-5 SPARC Solaris 9 host under QEMU, but not an HP-UX. You might be able to get something more modern, but I wanted specifically to see the SPARC 32bit working. Solaris will connect easily with Linux via UUCP, r* commands, telnet, ftp, NFS, serial lines and SMB. You can also catch a remote desktop via XDMCP. Make a Linux bridge and attach the virtual machine via tuntaps. I've posted an example script (rc.bridge-vlan-setup) to do this before on this site.
- Get install media
- Use QEMU 8.0.x (8.1.x is broken wrt SPARC - the cursor does not work)
- Create disk: qemu-img create -f qcow2 solaris_9.img 36g
- Fill out track/sector count as in: https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2018...86_64-mint-19/
- Install. After install edit /a/etc/system to include set scsi_options=0x58 (might not be needed with version 9)
- Shut down system, make backing file/shadow file of harddisk image
- Restart with shadow file/backing image file by changing command line to use new backing image file
Solaris suffers badly if not shutdown properly, hence the backing image/shadow file. Run off that, so that you can revert back to it if something goes sideways.
Code:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b solaris_9.img -F qcow2 solaris_9_sf.img
(to commit changes)
qemu-img commit solaris_9_sf.img
Despite what you might read, the graphics display works fine. If you are on Wayland, the cursor might become "desync'd" with the Linux one. To fix this, press ctrl-alt-g to get the Linux cursor back. Orient the Linux cursor over top of the Solaris cursor and click. Do not go outside of the simulation window without ctrl-alt-g. Xorg supports cursor grab and thus doesn't have that problem. The command line is similar to this
Code:
qemu-system-sparc -m 256m -M SS-5 -drive file=solaris_9_sf.img,bus=0,unit=0,media=disk -drive file=sol-9-905hw-ga-sparc-dvd.iso,format=raw,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=2,media=cdrom,readonly=on -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 -net tap,ifname=tap8,id=net0,script=no,downscript=no -audiodev pa,id=snd0 -rtc base=utc -vga cg3 -boot menu=on,order=cd -serial pty -daemonize
Once set up, you can login via the serial line shown upon execution of the above command (/dev/pts/10 in my case). Solaris keeps files in very strange places. NFS is in /etc/dfs/, so fill out dfstab.
Code:
[13:41 jayjwa@kulve:/etc/dfs >] cat dfstab [term/a hst:23]
# Place share(1M) commands here for automatic execution
# on entering init state 3.
#
# Issue the command '/etc/init.d/nfs.server start' to run the NFS
# daemon processes and the share commands, after adding the very
# first entry to this file.
#
# share [-F fstype] [ -o options] [-d "<text>"] <pathname> [resource]
# .e.g,
share -F nfs -o rw=atr2.lan -d "Home dirs" /export/home
...
jayjwa@atr2 /o/s/Solaris> showmount -e kulve.lan
Export list for kulve.lan:
/export/home atr2.lan
Run NFS on Linux like usual, then mount the exported directories.
There's a "companion CD" with many of the free software tools like you'd see on Linux. You'll at least want
file,
locate, and probably
gcc. You can also find the Sun Studio compilers if you look hard enough. If you give it an ip6 address (from your prefix, as from radvd on a bridge), be careful as it will be reachable on the internet. The old CDE, RPC, and Java code had alot of vulnerabilities and Solaris runs alot of services by default.
Code:
jayjwa@atr2 /o/s/Solaris> mailx -s "Hello from Linux" 'kulve!jayjwa'
To: kulve!jayjwa
Subject: Hello from Linux
Good day, Solaris.
^D
-------
(Preliminary) Envelope contains:
To: kulve!jayjwa
Subject: Hello from Linux
Send this message [yes/no, empty: recompose]? yes
...
[14:01 jayjwa@kulve:~ >] mailx [term/a hst:28]
mailx version 5.0 Sat Apr 6 14:57:29 PST 2002 Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/jayjwa": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 jayjwa Wed Mar 6 14:02 22/875 Hello from Linux
? 1
Message 1:
From jayjwa@atr2.lan Wed Mar 6 14:02:34 2024
From: jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.lan>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:02:27 -0500
To: jayjwa@kulve.lan
Subject: Hello from Linux
User-Agent: mailx v14.9.24
Good day, Solaris.
?
