[BBLISA] How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8

[Sean OMeara]

Joyent maybe?

>> Does anybody offer Sparc cloud servers?  Rent a box for 1 hour, pay Two
>> Dollars.  That would be nice.  I'll have to poke around and see if I can
>> find somewhere now .
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>> I have seen some articles suggesting qemu for sparc emulation, and I've seen
>> as many articles saying how horribly it doesn't work.  I think I'll try it
>> at least a little bit, so I can say I made the effort, didn't leave that
>> stone unturned .
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>> From: Peter Galvin [mailto:pbg at cptech.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:20 PM
>> To: Edward Ned Harvey; Bblisa at Bblisa. Org
>> Subject: Re: [BBLISA] How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8
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>> Hi Ned,
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>> The "official" way is to install a Solaris 8 container within Solaris 10.
>> Note that this is a commercial solution - you have to pay for S8 support and
>> S10 support on the box on which you do this.
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>> --Peter
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>> On 2/25/10 7:37 PM, "Edward Ned Harvey" <bblisa3 at nedharvey.com> wrote:
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>> Working at semiconductor companies, it seems to be a common request, that we
>> need to obtain some sparc solaris 8 machine to run a memory compiler.  In
>> the past, I've solved this by begging local IT depts for their garbage, and
>> build one of these machines.  I'd very much like to improve this.
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>> Does anybody know of any way to create a sparc solaris 8 machine modern day?
>> Whether virtual or otherwise ... Preferably virtual.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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