Virtual machine for installing tru64 unix

a.toraby · 10-28-2007, 09:04 AM

hi
i want to install tru64 Unix on my personal computer. i want to use an emulator that simulate "hp alpha server" and installing tru64 using it.
please suggest me a program that can provide this capability, like the "charon AXP" that run related firmware on windows. but i want know other options that exist in this field.

thanks for any help.

Tinkster · 10-28-2007, 12:35 PM

I'm not aware of any free/open-source project that emulates ALPHA on
PC ... there's two commercial products I've heard of, but I can't
recall their names. Did you try googling for "ALPHA 64bit emulator"?

Cheers,
Tink

a.toraby · 10-29-2007, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

I'm not aware of any free/open-source project that emulates ALPHA on
PC ... there's two commercial products I've heard of, but I can't
recall their names. Did you try googling for "ALPHA 64bit emulator"?

Cheers,
Tink

i think that you are meaning CHARON AXP and REVIVER-ALPHA

i have downloaded charon but can't reach to REVIVER-ALPHA trial version.

a.toraby · 10-29-2007, 06:36 AM

withal i found that a simics is another choice.is that right ?

a.toraby · 11-23-2007, 03:58 PM

hi friends. i found another simulator.
QEMU
i want to use it for installing tru64 on my pc but booting the cdrom failed. who can help me? please try it and share your experiments with me. thanks
i can boot suse10.2 and X86 solaris. but sparc solaris and tru64 failed.

thanks for any reply

marty_oc · 12-03-2007, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a.toraby

hi friends. i found another simulator.
QEMU
i want to use it for installing tru64 on my pc but booting the cdrom failed. who can help me? please try it and share your experiments with me. thanks
i can boot suse10.2 and X86 solaris. but sparc solaris and tru64 failed.

thanks for any reply

1. Tru64 is designed to run on Alpha systems. Considering QEMU support of different platforms I find out that Tru64 is not supported. See here http://www.claunia.com/qemu/index.php?case=1

2. the same reason is with solaris sparc. I don't find any reason to run solaris compiled to run on sparc emulated on PC hardware...

To run Tru64 I will try CHARON-AXP or REVIVE-ALPHA.

a.toraby · 04-07-2008, 01:07 PM

Hi friends. I try VIRTUAL SIMICS. that works properly. i have installed sparc solaris on it. and it works very fine. i'll buy it as soon as possible. i love simics. It supports very larg number of hardware components and emulate anything that may be occur to the mind.

mahmoodn · 05-10-2011, 08:47 AM

bringing up an old thread....

I also want to compile a program on tru64. Did you end up with a clear solution. Please let me know the steps.

Thanx

a.toraby · 05-11-2011, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mahmoodn

bringing up an old thread....

I also want to compile a program on tru64. Did you end up with a clear solution. Please let me know the steps.

Thanx

Yes, As I told before. VIRTUAL SIMICS works fine. There is enough manuals in their documentations. however it is not free.

mahmoodn · 05-12-2011, 01:26 AM

ok thanks