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

[Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net>]

On 13/01/11 10:13, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> On 13 January 2011 00:34, Mateusz Loskot<mateusz@loskot.net>  wrote:
>> On 12/01/11 17:15, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>> On 12/01/11 16:48, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>>>> On 12 January 2011 16:21, Mateusz Loskot<mateusz@loskot.net>    wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thinking of future, could anyone estimate when it will be possible to
>>>>> boot Solaris 10 installation from ISO disks, if at all?
>>>>> To summary, what OS alternative for SPARC we have got apart from Debian
>>>>> which are known to work under QEMU? *BSD systems?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can run NetBSD sparc install CD just fine.
>>>>
>>>> It supports sparc32 in the latest release.
>>>
>>> Thanks. Great, I'll try.
>>>
>>> One of the problems I found with Debian Etch is the package repositories
>>> are no longer supported and the installer
>>> can easily mess with those for Lenny.
>>> The only solution is to have all CDs for Etch available and run complete
>>> offline installation.
>>>
>>> I guess the NetBSD option is more up to date here.
>>
>> I have tried the recent NetBSD and it boots without problems,
>> however I can't configure networking to install via FTP/HTTP.
>> Strangely, I don't get question about DHCP.
>
> Yes, that's probably an issue with the sparc installer script.
>
> However, the sparccd has all the sets so you can easily install from the CD.
>
> Once installed you can set up dhclient.


Thanks for the hint.
Indeed, I managed to install the base system from CD and boot from QEMU 
image. I performed post-install configuration according to the NetBSD 
guide and I have dhclient=YET in /etc/rc.conf.
The only problem I find is that I'm unable to configure any
other networking than the user mode with QEMU network 10.0.2.0.

I'm still using QEMU 0.13 binaries installed using Qemu Manager 0.7.

I tried to play with -nic option and the only model supported by 
qemu-system-sparc is lance (iface=le0).
I tried to pass both -net nic -net user with hope to get two
network interfaces so I can setup one to obtain IP from my external 
DHCP, no luck.

I have read through manual and Web resoruces, but I feel I'm still 
missing something something, in particular, I don't understand how to 
make the iface connecting to my external DHCP instead of QEMU's.

Best regards,
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