From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb3Je-0007xM-GE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:11:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb3Ja-0007x2-GP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:11:50 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43609 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb3Ja-0007wz-Dq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:11:46 -0400 Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:43600) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mb3Ja-00041T-AO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:11:46 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:11:27 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] SCO Unixware 2.1.x on qemu Message-ID: <20090812021127.GB19298@shareable.org> References: <49303f60908081553u63e530e0i7132b689fd4647bf@mail.gmail.com> <176327.59355.qm@web30601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <49303f60908091312t3a44f127ma206c89f4841287b@mail.gmail.com> <1E154A94-3602-4108-9E40-54E3A77A183B@web.de> <20090810173729.GA26795@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090810173729.GA26795@lst.de> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Diego Woitasen , Andreas F?rber , QEMU Developers , Teemu N?tkinniemi Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 07:14:11PM +0200, Andreas F?rber wrote: > > > > Am 09.08.2009 um 22:12 schrieb Diego Woitasen: > > > > >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. > > > > Justin Chevrier sent some patches for an SCO OpenServer guest, last > > fall/winter. Part of it were some SCSI fixes iirc, so you could try > > emulating a SCSI rather than IDE CD-ROM drive. > > You might also want to check whether all the SCO-related patches > > actually got committed. Patches for non-mainstream guests or hosts > > tend to get less attention. > > Note that OpenServer is not related to Unixware 2.x at all. OpenServer > was the last incarnation of the SVR3-based SCO Unix, while Unixware 2.x > was the straight SVR4.2MP they acquired later. Fwiw, I just installed SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 using kvm-88 and it did worse than fail: it *froze my whole PC*. It happened early on while booting from CD and checking hardware. Power cycle needd. Thanks guys :-) Installing it on qemu-0.10.0-1ubuntu1 worked quite well. -- Jamie