Re: [Qemu-devel] SCO Unixware 2.1.x on qemu

["Teemu Nätkinniemi" <stinkf42@yahoo.com>]

--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Diego Woitasen <diego@woitasen.com.ar> wrote:

> From: Diego Woitasen <diego@woitasen.com.ar>
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] SCO Unixware 2.1.x on qemu
> To: "Teemu Nätkinniemi" <stinkf42@yahoo.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:12 PM
> 2009/8/9 Teemu Nätkinniemi <stinkf42@yahoo.com>:
> >> If someone has more information, pleaes let me
> know...
> >
> > Unixware 2.1.3 should install with Vmware Server.
> After that you can convert the image to Qemu and try booting
> your freshly installed system.
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> > Teemu
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> I tried with VMware 2.x and VMware workstation 6.x and
> didn't work.
> They didn't boot the boot floppy because the lack of boot
> signature I
> think.
> 
> The installation works with QEMU but it doesn't detect the
> CDROM. Is
> there something new in the virtual cdrom that makes
> Unixware fails on
> its detection? Is there something in the code that I could
> change? I
> trie'd my floppies and the CD on an old HP machine and
> works but the
> CDROM must have to be connected as primary slave. Using
> "-drive
> index=1...." doesn't work with QEMU.
> 

Looks like I've misplaced my installation disks so I am afraid I cannot help. I know that I've used Vmware Server back in 2006 to install Unixware 2.1.3 succesfully.

Teemu