Re: NetBSD on qemu-ppc

[Jeff Rizzo <riz%tastylime.net@localhost>]

On 8/3/13 12:05 PM, Felix Deichmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I finally managed to get past OpenBIOS and start booting a
> NetBSD/macppc (6.1) INSTALL kernel on qemu-ppc (1.5.0 and 1.5.1) by
> using a custom ISO image with ofwboot.xcf loader. A regular NetBSD
> installation ISO cannot be booted.
> The kernel unfortunately hangs/slows down to a crawl before reaching
> sysinst, depending on the chosen qemu machine at different stages:
[...]
> Did anyone got farer than that? According to
> http://www.netbsd.org/ports/emulators.html, qemu-ppc was "untested"
> until now. I can provide the custom ISO image (and/or instructions how
> to create) if required.
> Would be great to run NetBSD on qemu-ppc, too. Have the impression
> that not much is missing...

I haven't tried in a while, and never actually got it working, but I 
recall getting slightly further using NetBSD/ofppc instead of macppc 
last time I tried.

If you get it working, by all means let us know!

+j