Re: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-sparc vs qemu-system-sparc

[John Chludzinski]

It WORKS!!!

Thanks Mike!

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 2:45 PM John Chludzinski <address@hidden>
wrote:

> Ok, I'll do that.
>
> Still building.
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 2:04 PM Mike Russo <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I really don't think CentOS with Fedora repos are going to work. I've
>> never been able to do that. What is the version of qemu included in the
>> CentOS 7.6 repositories? If it's not recent enough, I think you should just
>> compile from source following the instructions on the qemu wiki. It's not
>> that hard, I've definitely done it before.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Russo, Systems Engineer PaperSolve, Inc. 268 Watchogue Road
>> Staten Island, NY 10314 Your random quote for today: "Then you admit
>> confirming not denying you ever said that?" "NO! ... I mean Yes! WHAT?"
>> "I'll put `maybe.'" -- Bloom County
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From*: John Chludzinski <address@hidden
>> <address@hidden%3e>>
>> *To*: Mike Russo <address@hidden
>> <address@hidden%3e>>
>> *Cc*: address@hidden <address@hidden
>> <%address@hiddenaddress@hidden%3e>>
>> *Subject*: Re: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-sparc vs qemu-system-sparc
>> *Date*: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:50:24 -0400
>>
>> Excuse me! I read these in reverse order. It's the Fedora 19 with the
>> older versions.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:37 PM John Chludzinski <
>> address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Mike, first thanks for the response.
>>
>> I'm trying to use the Fedora repos to accomplish this, Fedora 19 in this
>> case.
>> I get this:
>>
>> Error: Package: 2:qemu-common-1.4.2-3.fc19.x86_64 (Fedora-19)
>>            Requires: libiscsi.so.1()(64bit)
>>            Available: libiscsi-1.7.0-4.fc19.x86_64 (Fedora-19)
>>                libiscsi.so.1()(64bit)
>>            Installed: libiscsi-1.9.0-7.el7.x86_64 (@base)
>>               ~libiscsi.so.2()(64bit)
>> Error: Package: 2:qemu-system-sparc-1.4.2-3.fc19.x86_64 (Fedora-19)
>>            Requires: libiscsi.so.1()(64bit)
>>            Available: libiscsi-1.7.0-4.fc19.x86_64 (Fedora-19)
>>                libiscsi.so.1()(64bit)
>>            Installed: libiscsi-1.9.0-7.el7.x86_64 (@base)
>>               ~libiscsi.so.2()(64bit)
>>
>> Is there a way to tell YUM to go ahead and update these packages?
>> (Assuming the newer version(s) is (are) backwards compatable?)
>>
>> BTW, I started by doing:
>>
>> sudo yum remove 'kvm*'
>> sudo yum remove 'qemu*'
>> sudo yum remove 'virt*'
>>
>> ... to clean the slate, so to speak.
>>
>> ---John
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:29 AM Mike Russo <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> You are trying to virtualize SPARC on x86 so you need qemu-system-sparc.
>> qemu-sparc would be for a user-mode emulation on a SPARC processor. I've
>> done this before on CentOS 7 and it should definitely be possible to
>> install qemu-system-sparc. yum should not have a problem figuring out the
>> dependencies - make sure you're all up to date and don't have any broken
>> packages.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Michael Russo, Systems Engineer
>>
>> PaperSolve, Inc.
>>
>> 268 Watchogue Road
>>
>> Staten Island, NY 10314
>>
>>
>> Your random quote for today:
>>
>> It is common sense to take a method and try it.  If it fails,
>>
>> admit it frankly and try another.  But above all, try something.
>>
>>              -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From*: John Chludzinski <address@hidden
>> <address@hidden%3e>>
>> *To*: address@hidden
>> *Subject*: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-sparc vs qemu-system-sparc
>> *Date*: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:43:46 -0400
>>
>> I installed CentOS 7.6 then installed all things QEMU on my machine. I have
>>
>> a SPARC image I need to bringing up in a VM. I've been using
>>
>> *qemu-system-sparc*.
>>
>>
>> $ qemu-system-sparc -m 256 -hda solaris_v2-qemu_v2.2.0.disk -nographic
>>
>> -bios ./openbios-sparc32
>>
>>
>> This is on a box on which I have Fedora-30 installed.
>>
>>
>> Can I use *qemu-sparc* to bring up my Solaris image:
>>
>> *solaris_v2-qemu_v2.2.0.disk* ?
>>
>>
>> If so, how?
>>
>>
>> BTW, *qemu-sparc* come with (on CentOS 7.6):
>>
>>
>> $ sudo yum install qemu*
>>
>>
>> *PS> I've tried to install qemu-system-sparc on my CentOS box but ended up
>>
>> in a never-ending whack-a-mole game of dependencies.*
>>
>>
>>