I have to run, but in the meantime here a screen shot of something I just tried…
NetBSD 5.02 SPARC on Qemu
I didn’t even expect to get it that far…….
NetBSD 5.0.2 SPARC
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NetBSD 1.5.1 follow up
I figured I’d share what I had, and allow people to download my disk image, and for win32 users, it has all the bits to go…
Just extract THIS zip file, and then run the mips.cmd file, and you’ll be in NetBSD ARC/MIPS land in no time!
Other platforms will need to build Qemu 0.12.3 and use the mips 64bit little endian emulator to run the disk image…
NetBSD 1.5.1 – arc
Well… I was looking around for another OS that’d run on a MAGNUM (ie ARC MIPS in little endian mode), and I found that NetBSD supports the ARC Magnum, unlike OpenBSD.
Sadly it’s *VERY* touchy…. The current version 5.0.2 crashes when unpacking the distribution… However 1.5.1 runs! … kind of.
NetBSD 1.5.1 for the ARC has no install program… So I had to prepare a system partition with Windows NT, then boot that disk under the i386 qemu emulator with NetBSD 1.5.1, setup the disk, and unpack the distro.
From there it was a matter of rigging the ARC loader to boot up an ecoff kernel.
There were a few files in the /etc directory to ‘fix’ to allow normal booting (fstab/rc.conf) and to make sure there is no /netbsd in the root.. For some reason while extracting symbols for the ps tables and whatnot it CRASHES.
So far I’m having issues with the networking, but it is running!
I may have to do some more experimenting with this to see if later versions of NetBSD can get their networking going… The ‘big’ issue at the moment is the ethernet reports a MAC address of all zeros… While the same nvram file in Windows NT works just happily……..
Oh well, here is a screen shot!
NetBSD 1.5.1 ARC on Qemu 0.12.3
I guess it’s worth mentioning that once it boots up, it’s been stable enough for me to rebuild a kernel.. And the kernel even booted! (but transferring it out was such a major ordeal…)
Dungeon for NetBSD little endian MIPS
Oh, and of course it runs dungeon!
Qemu 0.12.3 win32 build available
Hot off the compiler….
http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/qemu-0.12.3.zip
I even remembered to strip the exe’s so it’s WAY smaller then the other versions….
Also for those *ONLY* interested in x86 emulation (ie regular PC) I’ve created a far smaller archive here, that only contains the pc emulator.
I figure the amount of people that run the non x86 stuff is few & far between.
Qemu 12.3 is out!
didn’t the time fly by?
Anyways scanning through the list I see that the SDL full screen/windowing has been fixed!
I’ll have to crank out some binaries later, but I had to write something here, otherwise I’d forget it.
Also on the topic of Qemu, I see this site qemu-buch.de has me listed as the latest win32 build site for Qemu on Win32…
Cool!
Updated Qemu for MIPS emulation
Today I found out that the latest ‘git’ repository version can run Windows NT in color, and with corrected mouse support! The NVRAM is still corrupting and you’ll have to fix the time/date but a usable mouse, and being able to see what you are doing go a long way!
I’ve put the updated binaries here.
If you feel adventurous you too can compile the emulator, I’ve downloaded todays snapshot to here in the off chance this won’t be build able for some time.
I don’t know if there is any good way to enable sound, but things like Visual C++ 4.0 & Quake 1 are usable in that you can actually see what is going on!
Here’s a screen shot of my NT 4.0 workstation….
Qemu MIPS Windows NT color
Qemu ARM, MIPS & PowerPC images…
Well I was thinking of building something like this, but someone did the work for me….
You can find various images here.
So needless to say, a special thank you goes to the dietpc guy… These are all set for MS Windows users, just download the VM you want, and you are ready to go. The only ‘issue’ I had with the PowerPC one, is that I needed to run fsck on the root and reboot it…. (remember the root password is foobar).
Other then that it seems happy as it can be.
root@dietpc3-dev-ppc:/usr/src/f2c# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 740/750
temperature : 62-64 C (uncalibrated)
clock : 1000.000000MHz
revision : 3.1 (pvr 0008 0301)
bogomips : 40.44
timebase : 16605783
platform : PowerMac
model : Power Macintosh
machine : Power Macintosh
motherboard : AAPL,PowerMac G3 MacRISC
detected as : 49 (PowerMac G3 (Silk))
pmac flags : 00000000
pmac-generation : OldWorld
I wouldn’t dream of really benching it, but this is better then blindly cross compiling as you can check your work…
The downloads are quite sizable about 450mb each… but it is a complete run & go linux environment.
And here is a gratuitous screenshot:
Qemu 12.2
Well while I was busy playing with my DEC Alpha (lol) there has been a few updates on the Qemu front…. There is some super basic Dec alpha support going in, but no system support yet….
One can only hope that one day it’ll run NT!!!
Anyways, I’ve built up the latest version here for win32, Windows users.
As much as it kills me, the MIPS version still CANNOT boot NT 4.0… the ARC Bios runs great, but now the program crashes on the loader….
I did however do some basic tests with the i386 version and it seems ok.
Well today I got my new Dec Alpha running!
Ok, my friends say I’m insane to have bought this… but I couldn’t resist.
It’s a DEC Alpha 221164 machine, with 64MB of ram, and a 4GB disk!
It’s the best technology of 1996-1997!
So I’ve gone ahead and installed Windows NT 4.0 on the beast… at 600Mhz it’s pretty dammed fast… considering how old it is. Although I suspect a Pentium III I found in the garbage with a 1Ghz cpu is 2x faster…..
But at any rate, this is a DEC Alpha, the long time geek cpu of dreams etc…
What makes this slightly useful for me, is that I do have Visual C++ 4.0 & 6.0 for the Alpha. So at least I can build *SOME* stuff to run on the thing….
So I’ve been fighting the compiler, and it seems it’s default blended optimizations do *NOT* work on my machine.. I’m sure this will be fun down the road. However it seems setting the target cpu to the 21064 produces ok code.. I’ve got to bench the stuff, but at least my exe’s are not crashing.
So what have I manage to produce today so far?
Well…
unzip is a major one.. It’s hard to use a machine today without it.
The other thing I’ve manage to get running, is Quake! I’ve included my source & project trees as it was a feisty little thing to build..
I’m currently building & testing over terminal services so I don’t know what the speed is on the console… Also, this build does not include networking… I’m sure the winsock code will work just fine, I’m just not in a good position physically to test it, as Quake1 will *NOT NAT* correctly.. Also the SDL sound doesn’t actually output anything, so I’ve built it with the null sound driver..
I’d love to get that m68k->C build of frontier elite to go on the Alpha but I’m afraid my 64mb of ram will be a major constraint..
I know this isn’t much of an emulation thing, as the only emulator that possibly can run Windows NT for the Alpha costs upwards of $16,000 USD… It’s cheaper to score an alpha on ebay for $100 USD.
Well here is the screen shot…
Quake on the Dec Alpha
I know it’s not much to ‘look’ at, but the pallet is correct, because it’s a real Alpha!.. Unlike the MIPS thing.
Proxmox 1.4 is out
I’ve been rooting for proxmox for a while now, and I’ve just installed it on a DL385 with a 1.7 TB FC NAS…. This version is SO MUCH BETTER then the prior ones with regards to storage….
I’m installing a Windows 2003 server right now for some basic tests, but I’ll have to post back later with far more testing…
So far, so good though.
Also if you are going to install with a SAN of some kind, make sure to have it disconnected on install.