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GXemul documentation: Installing and running "guest OSes"
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+GXemul documentation:
+Installing and running "guest OSes"
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How to install OpenBSD/pmax in GXemul
- How to install OpenBSD/arc in GXemul
+ Installing OpenBSD/pmax in GXemul
+ Installing OpenBSD/arc in GXemul
- How to install Ultrix/RISC in GXemul
- How to run Sprite for DECstation in GXemul
- How to install Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation in GXemul
- How to run Redhat Linux for DECstation in GXemul
- How to run Mach/PMAX in GXemul
+ Installing Ultrix/RISC in GXemul
+ Running Sprite for DECstation in GXemul
+ Installing Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation in GXemul
+ Running Redhat Linux for DECstation in GXemul
+ Running Mach/PMAX in GXemul
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How to install NetBSD/pmax in GXemul:
+Installing NetBSD/pmax in GXemul:
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To install NetBSD/pmax onto a harddisk image in the emulator, follow these
instructions:
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- Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
that NetBSD installs itself onto:
- $ dd if=/dev/zero of=netbsddisk.img bs=1 count=512 seek=1900000000
+ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_pmax.img bs=1 count=512 seek=1900000000
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From this point, there are two separate ways to continue the installation.
You can either download a CD-ROM iso image (and let the installation
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Start the emulator like this:
- $ gxemul -X -b -E dec -e 3max -d netbsddisk.img -d bc:pmaxcd.iso
+ $ gxemul -X -b -E dec -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d bc:pmaxcd.iso
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Start the emulator like this:
- $ gxemul -X -b -E dec -e 3max -d netbsddisk.img -O netbsd-INSTALL
+ $ gxemul -X -b -E dec -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -O netbsd-INSTALL
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When the installation is completed, the following command should start
NetBSD from the harddisk image:
- $ gxemul -X -b -M64 -E dec -e 3max -d netbsddisk.img
+ $ gxemul -X -b -M64 -E dec -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img
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If you want to run without the X framebuffer, use this instead:
- $ gxemul -E dec -e 3max -b -d netbsddisk.img
+ $ gxemul -E dec -e 3max -b -d nbsd_pmax.img
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-NetBSD/pmax seems to work fine with dynamic binary translation (enabled
-by the -b command line option) in R3000 mode. NetBSD also
-supports R4000-like CPUs on pmax, but the bintrans support for R4000 in
-the emulator is less stable than for R3000.
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How to install NetBSD/arc in GXemul:
+Installing NetBSD/arc in GXemul:
-It is possible to run NetBSD/arc on an emulated Acer PICA-61 in the
-emulator.
+It is possible to run NetBSD/arc on an emulated Acer PICA-61 in the emulator.
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To install NetBSD/arc from a CDROM image onto an emulated harddisk image,
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$ dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_arc.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=900000
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Download a NetBSD/arc CDROM image from ftp:
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Download a NetBSD/arc 1.6.2 CDROM image from ftp:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6.2/arccd.iso
- Download a NetBSD/arc installation (ramdisk) kernel,
- and gunzip it:
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/arc/binary/kernel/netbsd.RAMDISK.gz
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Start the emulator using this command line:
- $ gxemul -E arc -e pica -b -d nbsd_arc.img -d arccd.iso netbsd.RAMDISK
+ $ gxemul -E arc -e pica -x -b -d nbsd_arc.img -d bc:arccd.iso \
+ -j arc/binary/kernel/netbsd.RAMDISK.gz
+ (Try removing -x if you have problems with the xterm.)
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From now on, you have to use your imagination, as there is no
automatic installation program for NetBSD/arc. Here are some tips
and hints on how you can proceed with the install:
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$ newfs /dev/sd0a
$ mount /dev/sd0a /mnt
$ cd /mnt
- $ for a in /mnt2/arc/binary/sets/*.tgz; do tar xvzpf $a; done
+ $ for a in /mnt2/arc/binary/sets/*.tgz; do echo $a; tar xzpf $a; done
$ cd dev; sh MAKEDEV all
$ cd ../etc; echo "rc_configured=YES" >> rc.conf
$ cat > /mnt/etc/fstab
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image, using the following command:
- $ gxemul -E arc -e pica -b -d nbsd_arc.img netbsd-GENERIC
+ $ gxemul -E arc -e pica -xb -d nbsd_arc.img netbsd-GENERIC
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-Using -b (enabling dynamic binary translation), as in the instructions
-above, is not 100% stable. If you experiment weird crashes, try removing that
-option and try again.
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How to install NetBSD/hpcmips in GXemul:
+Installing NetBSD/hpcmips in GXemul:
It is possible to install NetBSD/hpcmips onto a disk image, on an an
emulated MobilePro 770, 780, 800, or 880. The emulator treats the
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than the other models, for some reason. (This is a known bug.)
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These instructions show an example of how to install
NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro 800:
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$ dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_hpcmips.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=1990000
- Download the installation kernel (and gunzip it) and an ISO
- image of NetBSD 2.0 for hpcmips:
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0/hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz
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Download the NetBSD 2.0 for hpcmips ISO image:
ftp://ftp.se.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/2.0/hpcmipscd.iso
(You may want to choose a mirror closer to you, if .se is slow.)
Start the installation like this:
- $ gxemul -E hpc -e mobilepro800 -b -X -d nbsd_hpcmips.img -d hpcmipscd.iso netbsd
+ $ gxemul -E hpc -e mobilepro800 -b -X -d nbsd_hpcmips.img \
+ -d b:hpcmipscd.iso -j hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz
and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real
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Installing NetBSD/cobalt in GXemul:
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+NetBSD/cobalt is tricky
+to install, because the Cobalt machines were designed for Linux, and not
+very flexible. There is no INSTALL kernel for NetBSD/cobalt. One way to
+install the NetBSD/cobalt distribution onto a disk image is to do it from
+another (emulated) machine.
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+The following instructions will let you install NetBSD/cobalt onto a disk
+image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX machine:
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+ - Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
+ that you will install NetBSD/cobalt onto:
+ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cobalt.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=1999000
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+ - Download the generic kernel for Cobalt (and gunzip it) and
+ the 2.0 ISO image:
+ ftp://ftp.se.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz
+ ftp://ftp.se.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/2.0/cobaltcd.iso
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(You may want to choose a mirror closer to you, if .se is slow.)
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- Install NetBSD/pmax 2.0 according to instructions further up
+ on this page.
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- Start NetBSD/pmax like this:
+ $ gxemul -b -Edec -e3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d cobaltcd.iso -d nbsd_cobalt.img
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+ - Log in as root (on the emulated 3MAX machine), and execute the
+ following commands: (adjust according to taste)
+ # newfs /dev/sd1c
+ # mount /dev/cd0c /mnt
+ # mkdir /mnt2; mount /dev/sd1c /mnt2
+ # cd /mnt2; sh
+ # for a in /mnt/cobalt/binary/sets/*.tgz; do echo $a; tar zxfp $a; done
+ # exit
+ # cd dev; sh ./MAKEDEV all; cd ../etc
+ # echo rc_configured=YES >> rc.conf
+ # echo "/dev/wd0d / ffs rw 1 1" > fstab
+ # cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2; halt
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+You should now be able to boot NetBSD/cobalt like this:
+ $ gxemul -b -M128 -E cobalt -d nbsd_cobalt.img netbsd-GENERIC
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+Note that the installation instructions above create a filesystem
+without a disklabel, so there is only one ffs partition and no
+swap. You will need to enter the following things when booting with the
+generic kernel:
+ root device (default wd0a): wd0d
+ dump device (default wd0b): none
+ file system (default generic): ffs
+ init path (default /sbin/init): (just press enter here)
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