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  • Mark and goldilocks thanks for the suggestion. I know in the line that I typed I didn't specify the bios. However, whether or not OpenBIOS or Sun OBP ROM is used the installation does not boot. I've been dealing with this issue for a long time. I've tried several commands using the 'ss5.bin' file. Still doesn't bootup. In fact, when I use the command you suggested I get the same error all the time. Basically, after entering the command in a terminal I get to the Qemu prompt and type: 'boot disk0' (I'm assuming that disk0 is the HDD). 20 seconds after executing that command the system restarts. Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 19:48
  • Alright going back to basics, the first thing to notice is that your disk image is claiming to be corrupt on first boot which is why you are seeing a lot of the problems. Solaris is quite fussy about disk partioning, and there are various guides as to how to do this - which one did you use? Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 22:35
  • You asked: "Which one did you use?". I used the sparc-softmmu/qemu-system-sparc -M SS-5 -bios ss5.bin -hda HDD/sunos8.img -m 256 -nographic. I decided to restart this whole procedure by installing Solaris9 instead. I used this command sparc-softmmu/qemu-system-sparc -bios ss5.bin -hda HDD/sunos8a.img -cdrom SolarisTest/sol9v1.iso -m 256 -nographic I eliminated the -M SS-5 option because, and I don't know why, the Qemu would restart itself. This happened many times without any error message. I'm currently in the middle of Solaris9 installation. I'll update you once it's finished. Commented Nov 20, 2014 at 21:55
  • Sorry for not explaining better, but for "which one did you use?" I meant the disk partitioning setup. As recently as last week, I used the guide at virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=281 to prepare and label a 36G disk and installed Solaris 8 into it. After a reboot the disk was picked up correctly with no errors, and I was even able to run X (note: I am currently running a QEMU 2.2-rc2 on Linux) Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 18:13
  • Hi Mark, thanks for the reply. ---IN Qemu---> AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES: 0. Auto configure 1. Quantum ProDrive 80S 2. Quantum ProDrive 105S 3. CDC Wren IV 94171-344 4. SUN0104 5. SUN0207 6. SUN0327 7. SUN0340 8. SUN0424 9. SUN0535 10. SUN0669 11. SUN1.0G 12. SUN1.05 13. SUN1.3G 14. SUN2.1G 15. SUN2.9G 16. Zip 100 17. Zip 250 18. other Specify disk type (enter its number): 15 selecting c0t0d0 (I created a 3G disk, so I picked #15) @Mark Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 18:24