Re: NetBSD in QEMU (was Re: Installation Error For Mac68k NetBSD on SE/30)

[Paul Ripke <stix%stix.id.au@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 01:04:07PM +0100, Howard Spoelstra wrote:
>    On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 11:06â¯AM Paul Ripke <[1]stix%stix.id.au@localhost> wrote:
> 
>      On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 07:20:48AM +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>      > On 23/08/2023 13:25, Paul Ripke wrote:
>      >
>      > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 10:28:43AM -0600, Stan Johnson wrote:
>      > > > Hi Paul,
>      > > >
>      > > > On 8/22/23 7:54 AM, Paul Ripke wrote:
>      > > > > fwiw, I successfully installed netbsd mac68k under qemu, by
>      booting an
>      > > > > install kernel from hfs, and running from there. I gave it a
>      second
>      > > > > 1GiB disk image for netbsd, which sysinst dutifully
>      partitioned and
>      > > > > created an ffsv1 filesystem on.
>      > > > >
>      > > > > The booter now successfully loads and boots the netbsd
>      kernel from
>      > > > > the ffsv1 filesystem.
>      > > > >
>      > > > > I haven't tried bigger disk images, but this setup is great
>      for
>      > > > > experimentation, and easy enough to do.
>      > > > >
>      > > >
>      > > > Please post some information about how you got NetBSD to run
>      in QEMU,
>      > > > including your version of QEMU, your QEMU command line, etc.
>      Does your
>      > > > NetBSD client have network access? Does it need to be able to
>      boot Mac
>      > > > OS 7.5.5?
>      > > >
>      > > > I've used QEMU to create reference GNU/Linux root filesystems
>      (Debian
>      > > > SID and Gentoo) for m68k ("-M q800" and "-M virt"), but I've
>      never
>      > > > installed NetBSD in QEMU.
>      > > >
>      > > > thanks for any information
>      > >
>      > > I started taking notes, but skipped a few steps. I should
>      probably run
>      > > through the process again and fill in the gaps. So, ymmv:
>      > >
>      > > [2]https://www.stix.id.au/wiki/NetBSD-mac68k_under_qemu
>      >
>      > So the good news is that the latest version of the QEMU 68k MacOS
>      patches
>      > have now been merged to QEMU git master, so 8.2 will allow you to
>      install
>      > NetBSD out-of-the-box when used with a real Q800 ROM.
>      >
>      > Paul, thanks for posting the guide above. I should add that the
>      > q800.upstream3 branch is very old, and there have been a fair
>      number of
>      > fixes since then. Certainly any testing and bug reports should now
>      be made
>      > against the QEMU upstream repository.
>      Ah! Cool - I've updated that page noting the patch merging, and I'll
>      do
>      some more testing when I get enough round tuits.
> 
>    Hi,
>    Perhaps you can also link to:
>    [3]https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/m68k-qemu-on-osx#running_qemu-s
>    ystem-m68k_with_netbsd_guests_in_macos
>    Best,
>    Howard

Done, thanks!

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