On Thu, February 25, 2010 4:45 pm, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > Yes, containers could be an option . I hadn't thought of that before, but > thanks everyone for the suggestion. That would solve problem #1. > > > > Problem #2, unfortunately, is tougher to solve. I don't have a sparc of > any > kind . At least this can be solved by throwing cash at it. >
There are a number of companies that sell used and refurbished Sun SPARC hardware. You can get a decent SPARC machine for $150-$500 that will give several years of service (anysystem.com, which I've used for years, has used 280R models for $300, and desktop Blade 100s for $235 right now). Keyboard and monitor optional: use the Remote console (some server-class machines, like 280) or serial port to configure, login through SSH from your favorite workstation OS. > > > The qemu option, unfortunately, didn't pan out. It seems, qemu's support > of > sparc is very incomplete. It can run up to solaris 6, but after that, you > have to substitute "sh" instead of "init" . which doesn't count for me . > > > > > > > > > > From: Christopher Webber [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:45 PM > To: Edward Ned Harvey > Cc: LOPSA Tech > Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8 > > > > Isn't there some sort of Solaris 8 container thing? > > > > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/containers/index.jsp > > > > Not sure it will help but... > > > -- cwebber > > > > On Feb 25, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > Does anybody know of any way to create a sparc solaris 8 machine modern > day? > Whether virtual or otherwise ... Preferably virtual. > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Larye D. Parkins Information Engineering Services 600 Turner Ave. Shelton, WA 98584 Office: 360 426 1718 Mobile: 360 350 9645 http://www.info-engineering-svc.com "Making IT work since 1965." Member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, USENIX, SAGE, and LOPSA -- Larye D. Parkins Information Engineering Services 600 Turner Ave. Shelton, WA 98584 Office: 360 426 1718 Mobile: 360 350 9645 http://www.info-engineering-svc.com "Making IT work since 1965." Member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, USENIX, SAGE, and LOPSA -- Larye D. Parkins Information Engineering Services 600 Turner Ave. Shelton, WA 98584 Office: 360 426 1718 Mobile: 360 350 9645 http://www.info-engineering-svc.com "Making IT work since 1965." Member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, USENIX, SAGE, and LOPSA _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
