Re: qemu-system-sparc stays "parked"?

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%consolidated.net@localhost>]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2026, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM John D. Baker <jdbaker%consolidated.net@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > So, single-processor SS-20 with max RAM it is.
> 
> I used something between 256 and 512 mb ram for qemu-system-sparc guest ...

I'll give that a try when my build host is done with its current tasks.

The hope was to emulate a bigger, faster machine than I physically have.
I have 2 real SS-5/110 systems w/256MB each (and 2 real SS-20s with
448MB plus 4MB VSIMM each--one with dual SM-61s and the other with a
single dual-CPU ROSS HyperSPARC module at 125MHz.  I just have nowhere
to get the SS-20s out and set them up (plus power/heat issues)).

> Then I added second disk and set it up in guest as swap.

My disk image is 9.1GB and partition "b" is configured as swap.  Is there
advantage to using a separate disk (image) for swap?

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