Re: [Qemu-devel] Linux as VirtualBox quest OS with QEMU running Solaris

[Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net>]

On 07/01/11 20:37, Blue Swirl wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Mateusz Loskot<mateusz@loskot.net>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> First, I'm sorry if my question does not belong here. The qemu-devel
>> says it's "devel", but I can't find any qemu-users mailing list.
>
> A forum exists:
> http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/

Good to know. Though, I may be old, but I prefer mailing list
than Web-based forums.

Anyway, if I understand it well, there is nothing wrong with posting
non-development questions to qmenu-devel, is it?

>> I have no experience with QEMU. I've been using x86-only virtualization
>> software like VirtualBox, VMWare and others.
>>
>> I need to run Solaris (SPARC) OS and I'd like to do it under QEMU.
>> Due to hardware constraints, I'm wondering if the following setup
>> would work at all:
>>
>> 1. Quad-core workstation with 16GB RAM with Windows Vista 64-bit
>>    as host OS
>> 2. The Windows runs VirtualBox with Linux installed as guest OS.
>> 3. The Linux guest OS runs QEMU
>> 4. QEMU runs Solaris (SPARC)
>>
>> The Linux guest OS can be either Linux x86-32 or x86-64,
>> depending which one is recommended and would perform better.
>>
>> Is this configuration reasonable?
>> Would it work well?
>
> Sparc32 Solaris can run with recent QEMU:
> http://tyom.blogspot.com/

Fantastic!

> Sparc64 is not ready yet.

I can stick to 32-bit.

>> I have found the "QEMU on Winows" [1] but I'm not sure if this is an
>> official project and if it's "production ready".
>> I need to have fairly stable environment for building and
>> testing software on SPARC architecture.
>
> Someone should step up as Win32 maintainer, also making Windows builds
> available.

I can't help, I regret.

Thanks for help!

Best regards,
-- 
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