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

On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 11:06 AM Paul Ripke <[email protected]> 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:
> > >
> > > 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:
https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/m68k-qemu-on-osx#running_qemu-system-m68k_with_netbsd_guests_in_macos

Best,
Howard