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48  <p>  <p>
49  <ul>  <ul>
50    <li><a href="#generalnotes">General notes on running "guest OSes"</a>    <li><a href="#generalnotes">General notes on running "guest OSes"</a>
51    <li><a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">NetBSD/pmax</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">NetBSD/pmax 3.0 or 1.6.2</a>
52    <li><a href="#netbsdarcinstall">NetBSD/arc</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdarcinstall">NetBSD/arc 1.6.2</a>
53    <li><a href="#netbsdhpcmipsinstall">NetBSD/hpcmips</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdhpcmipsinstall">NetBSD/hpcmips 3.0</a>
54    <li><a href="#netbsdcobaltinstall">NetBSD/cobalt</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdcobaltinstall">NetBSD/cobalt 2.1</a>
55    <li><a href="#netbsdevbmipsinstall">NetBSD/evbmips</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdevbmipsinstall">NetBSD/evbmips 2.1</a>
56    <li><a href="#netbsdsgimips">NetBSD/sgimips</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdsgimips">NetBSD/sgimips 3.0</a>
57    <li><a href="#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats 3.0</a>
58    <li><a href="#netbsdevbarminstall">NetBSD/evbarm</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdevbarminstall">NetBSD/evbarm 2.1</a>
59    <li><a href="#netbsdprepinstall">NetBSD/prep</a>    <li><a href="#netbsdprepinstall">NetBSD/prep 2.1</a>
60    <li><a href="#openbsdpmaxinstall">OpenBSD/pmax</a>    <li><a href="#openbsdpmaxinstall">OpenBSD/pmax 2.8-BETA</a>
61    <li><a href="#openbsdcatsinstall">OpenBSD/cats</a>    <li><a href="#openbsdcatsinstall">OpenBSD/cats 3.9</a>
62    <li><a href="#ultrixinstall">Ultrix/RISC</a>    <li><a href="#ultrixinstall">Ultrix/RISC 4.5</a>
63    <li><a href="#sprite">Sprite for DECstation</a>    <li><a href="#sprite">Sprite for DECstation</a>
64    <li><a href="#declinux">Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation</a>    <li><a href="#declinux">Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation</a>
65    <li><a href="#declinuxredhat">Redhat Linux for DECstation</a>    <li><a href="#declinuxredhat">Redhat Linux for DECstation</a>
66  </ul>  </ul>
67    
 <p>In addition to the "working" guest operating systems listed above,  
 you might find the following information interesting:  
 <ul>  
   <li><a href="#mach">Mach/PMAX</a>  
   <li><a href="#openbsdsgiinstall">OpenBSD/sgi</a>  
   <li><a href="#openbsdarcinstall">OpenBSD/arc</a>  
   <li><a href="#debiancats">Debian GNU/Linux for CATS</a>  
   <li><a href="#netbsdnetwinderinstall">NetBSD/netwinder</a>  
 </ul>  
   
68    
69    
70    
# Line 85  you might find the following information Line 75  you might find the following information
75  <h3>General notes on running "guest OSes":</h3>  <h3>General notes on running "guest OSes":</h3>
76    
77  The emulator works well enough to run complete operating systems. These  The emulator works well enough to run complete operating systems. These
78  are often refered to as "guest" operating systems.  are often refered to as <i>guest</i> operating systems, in contrast to the
79    <i>host</i> operating system which the emulator is running under.
80    
81  <p>  <p>Although it is possible to let a guest OS access real hardware, such as
82  Although it is possible to let a guest OS access real hardware, such as  harddisks, it is much more flexible and attractive to simulate harddisks
83  harddisks, it is much more flexible and attractive to simulate harddisks  using files residing in the host's filesystem. On Unix-like systems, files
84  using files residing in the host's filesystem. On Unix-like systems, files  may contain holes, which makes this really simple. To the guest operating
 may contain holes, which makes this really simple. To the guest operating  
85  system, the harddisk image looks and acts like a real disk.  system, the harddisk image looks and acts like a real disk.
86    
87    <p>The version numbers of the various operating systems were the latest
88    versions that worked satisfactory with GXemul at the time this page was
89    updated; if new versions have been released since then, they might work as
90    well.
91    
92    <p>In addition to the "working" guest operating systems listed above,
93    you might find the following information interesting: (Some of these might
94    not be relevant for this specific release of GXemul.)
95    
96    <ul>
97      <li><a href="#mach">Mach/PMAX</a>
98      <li><a href="#openbsdsgiinstall">OpenBSD/sgi</a>
99      <li><a href="#openbsdarcinstall">OpenBSD/arc 2.3</a>
100      <li><a href="#debiancats">Debian GNU/Linux for CATS</a>
101      <li><a href="#linux_qemu_mips">Linux/QEMU_MIPS</a>
102      <li><a href="#windows_nt_mips">Windows NT/MIPS</a>
103      <li><a href="#netbsdnetwinderinstall">NetBSD/netwinder 2.1</a>
104      <li><a href="#netbsdmacppcinstall">NetBSD/macppc 3.0</a>
105    </ul>
106    
107    <p>Some operating systems are listed with a version number <i>less</i>
108    than what was available at the time of this GXemul release (e.g.
109    NetBSD/prep). The reasons for this is because of incompleteness in
110    GXemul's machine, device, and/or processor implementations.
111    
112    
113    
# Line 105  system, the harddisk image looks and act Line 119  system, the harddisk image looks and act
119  <a name="netbsdpmaxinstall"></a>  <a name="netbsdpmaxinstall"></a>
120  <h3>NetBSD/pmax:</h3>  <h3>NetBSD/pmax:</h3>
121    
122  <p>  <p><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/">NetBSD/pmax</a> was the
123  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  first guest OS that could be
124    <a href="http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-pmax/2004/04/18/0000.html">installed</a>
125    onto a disk image in GXemul. The device emulation of the DECstation
126    5000/200 is reasonably complete; it should be enough to emulate a
127    networked X-windows-capable workstation.
128    
129    <p>NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2 works perfectly with X out-of-the-box. Unfortunately,
130    newer NetBSD releases have changed slightly, and nowadays X does not
131    work straight away. (It seems that this has to do with NetBSD switching
132    console system to "WSCONS" somewhere between 1.6.2 and 2.0. I haven't had
133    time to figure out how to make it work; at worst it might require a kernel
134    recompilation.) What this means is that if you want to use emulated X11,
135    then you need to run NetBSD 1.6.2. If you feel that you only need
136    serial-console emulation, then choose the latest NetBSD version available.
137    
138    <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
139  <a href="20050317-example.png"><img src="20050317-example_small.png"></a>  <a href="20050317-example.png"><img src="20050317-example_small.png"></a>
140    
141  <p>To install <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/">NetBSD/pmax</a>  <p>To install NetBSD/pmax onto a harddisk image in the emulator,
142  onto a harddisk image in the emulator, follow these instructions:  follow these instructions:
143    
144  <p><ol start="1">  <p><ol start="1">
145    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
146          that NetBSD installs itself onto:<pre>          that NetBSD installs itself onto:<pre>
147          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_pmax.img bs=1 count=512 seek=1900000000</b>          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_pmax.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=1900000</b>
148    
149  </pre>  </pre>
150  </ol>  </ol>
# Line 130  steps: Line 159  steps:
159  <ol start="2">  <ol start="2">
160    
161    <li>Download a NetBSD CD-ROM iso image:<pre>    <li>Download a NetBSD CD-ROM iso image:<pre>
162          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6.2/pmaxcd.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6.2/pmaxcd.iso</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/iso/1.6.2/pmaxcd.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/iso/1.6.2/pmaxcd.iso</a>
163          or          or
164          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0/pmaxcd-3.0.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0/pmaxcd-3.0.iso</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0/pmaxcd-3.0.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0/pmaxcd-3.0.iso</a>
165    
166  </pre>  </pre>
167    <li>Start the emulator like this:<pre>    <li>Start the emulator like this:<pre>
168          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img -d bc:pmaxcd-3.0.iso</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d bc:pmaxcd-3.0.iso</b>
169          (or <b>pmaxcd.iso</b>)          (or <b>pmaxcd.iso</b>)
170  </pre>  </pre>
171          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real
# Line 149  For an ftp install, substitute steps 2 a Line 178  For an ftp install, substitute steps 2 a
178  <ol start="2">  <ol start="2">
179    
180    <li>Download a NetBSD pmax INSTALL kernel:<pre>    <li>Download a NetBSD pmax INSTALL kernel:<pre>
181          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.6.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.6.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
182          or          or
183          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
184    
185  </pre>  </pre>
186    <li>Start the emulator like this:<pre>    <li>Start the emulator like this:<pre>
187          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img -O netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -O netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
188  </pre>  </pre>
189          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real
190          DECstation. Remember to choose <tt>vt100</tt> as your terminal          DECstation. Remember to choose <tt>vt100</tt> as your terminal
# Line 185  NetBSD from the harddisk image:<pre> Line 214  NetBSD from the harddisk image:<pre>
214          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
215  </pre>  </pre>
216    
217  <p><font color="#ff0000">NOTE:</font> For some reason, NetBSD 2.x and 3.x  <p>If you installed NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2, then try the following to start
218  do not work with X out-of-the-box on pmax. It seems that this has to do  with a framebuffer:<pre>
 with NetBSD switching console system to "WSCONS" somewhere between 1.6.2  
 and 2.0. For now, if you want X, then try NetBSD 1.6.2.  
   
 <p>With NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2, try the following to start with a framebuffer:<pre>  
219          <b>gxemul -X -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
220  </pre>  </pre>
221  and log in as <tt>root</tt> and type <tt>startx</tt> to start X windows.  and log in as <tt>root</tt> and type <tt>startx</tt> to start X windows.
# Line 206  and log in as <tt>root</tt> and type <tt Line 231  and log in as <tt>root</tt> and type <tt
231  <a name="netbsdarcinstall"></a>  <a name="netbsdarcinstall"></a>
232  <h3>NetBSD/arc:</h3>  <h3>NetBSD/arc:</h3>
233    
234  It is possible to install and run <a  It is possible to install and run an old version of <a
235  href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arc/">NetBSD/arc</a>  href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arc/">NetBSD/arc</a>
236  on an emulated Acer PICA-61 in the emulator.  on an emulated Acer PICA-61 in the emulator.
237    
# Line 215  on an emulated Acer PICA-61 in the emula Line 240  on an emulated Acer PICA-61 in the emula
240  <a href="20041024-netbsd-arc-installed.gif"><img src="20041024-netbsd-arc-installed_small.gif"></a>  <a href="20041024-netbsd-arc-installed.gif"><img src="20041024-netbsd-arc-installed_small.gif"></a>
241    
242  <p>  <p>
243  To install NetBSD/arc from a CDROM image onto an emulated harddisk image,  To install NetBSD/arc 1.6.2 from a CDROM image onto an emulated
244  follow these instructions:  harddisk image, follow these instructions:
245    
246  <p>  <p>
247  <ol start="1">  <ol start="1">
# Line 227  follow these instructions: Line 252  follow these instructions:
252  </pre>  </pre>
253    <li>Download a NetBSD/arc 1.6.2 CDROM image, and a generic NetBSD/arc    <li>Download a NetBSD/arc 1.6.2 CDROM image, and a generic NetBSD/arc
254          kernel:<pre>          kernel:<pre>
255          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6.2/arccd.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6.2/arccd.iso</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/iso/1.6.2/arccd.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/iso/1.6.2/arccd.iso</a>
256          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/arc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/arc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.6.2/arc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.6.2/arc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
257    
258  </pre>  </pre>
259    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>
# Line 239  follow these instructions: Line 264  follow these instructions:
264          (Try removing <tt>-x</tt> if you have problems with the xterm.)          (Try removing <tt>-x</tt> if you have problems with the xterm.)
265      <p>      <p>
266    <li>From now on, you have to use your imagination, as there is no    <li>From now on, you have to use your imagination, as there is no
267          automatic installation program for NetBSD/arc. Here are some tips          automatic installation program for NetBSD/arc 1.6.2. Here are
268          and hints on how you can proceed with the install:          some tips and hints on how you can proceed with the install:
269  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
270  <b>mount /dev/cd0a /mnt2  <b>mount /dev/cd0a /mnt2
271  disklabel -i -I sd0</b>    (for example 'a', '4.2BSD', '1c',  disklabel -i -I sd0</b>    (for example 'a', '4.2BSD', '1c',
# Line 254  cd ../etc; echo "rc_configured=YES" &gt; Line 279  cd ../etc; echo "rc_configured=YES" &gt;
279  cat > /mnt/etc/fstab  cat > /mnt/etc/fstab
280  /dev/sd0a / ffs rw 1 1  /dev/sd0a / ffs rw 1 1
281  /dev/sd0b none swap sw 0 0  /dev/sd0b none swap sw 0 0
282  </b>(press ctrl-d)<b>  </b>(press ctrl-d)
283  <b>cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2  <b>cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2
284  halt</b>  halt</b>
285  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
# Line 328  important difference is regarding the fr Line 353  important difference is regarding the fr
353  </table>  </table>
354    
355  <p>  <p>
356  (<super>*</super>) = not aligned at a 4 KB boundary, so it will not work  (<super>*</super>) = not aligned at a page boundary, so it will not work
357  efficiently with the current bintrans system. Using this mode will still  efficiently with the current dyntrans system. Using this mode will still
358  work, but each load and store will be emulated much more slowly than is  work, but each load and store will be emulated much more slowly than is
359  possible with an aligned framebuffer.  possible with an aligned framebuffer.
360    
# Line 351  NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro Line 376  NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro
376  <ol start="1">  <ol start="1">
377    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
378          that you will install NetBSD/hpcmips onto:<pre>          that you will install NetBSD/hpcmips onto:<pre>
379          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_hpcmips.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=1990000</b>          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_hpcmips.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=999000</b>
380    
381  </pre>  </pre>
382    <li>Download the NetBSD/hpcmips 3.0 ISO image, and a generic kernel:<pre>    <li>Download the NetBSD/hpcmips 3.0 ISO image, and a generic kernel:<pre>
# Line 362  NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro Line 387  NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro
387  </pre>  </pre>
388    <p>    <p>
389    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
390          <b>gxemul -e mobilepro770 -X -A -d nbsd_hpcmips.img  \          <b>gxemul -e mobilepro770 -X -d nbsd_hpcmips.img  \
391            -d b:hpcmipscd-3.0.iso -j hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz</b>            -d b:hpcmipscd-3.0.iso -j hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz</b>
392    
393  </pre>  </pre>
# Line 400  is available. This makes it a bit akward Line 425  is available. This makes it a bit akward
425    
426  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/">NetBSD/cobalt</a> is tricky  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/">NetBSD/cobalt</a> is tricky
427  to install, because the Cobalt machines were designed for Linux, and not  to install, because the Cobalt machines were designed for Linux, and not
428  very flexible. There is no INSTALL kernel for NetBSD/cobalt. One way to  very flexible. There is no traditional INSTALL kernel for NetBSD/cobalt.
429  install the NetBSD/cobalt distribution onto a disk image is to do it from  One way to install the NetBSD/cobalt distribution onto a disk image is to
430  another (emulated) machine.  do it from another (emulated) machine.
431    
432  <p>  <p>
433  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
# Line 416  image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX Line 441  image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
441  <ol>  <ol>
442    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
443          that you will install NetBSD/cobalt onto:<pre>          that you will install NetBSD/cobalt onto:<pre>
444          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cobalt.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=1999000</b>          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cobalt.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=999000</b>
445    
446  </pre>  </pre>
447    <li>Download the generic kernel for Cobalt and the 2.1 ISO image:<pre>    <li>Download the generic kernel for Cobalt and the 2.1 ISO image:<pre>
# Line 429  image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX Line 454  image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
454          <a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">further up on this page</a>.          <a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">further up on this page</a>.
455    <p>    <p>
456    <li>Start NetBSD/pmax like this:<pre>    <li>Start NetBSD/pmax like this:<pre>
457          <b>gxemul -e3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img -d cobaltcd.iso -d nbsd_cobalt.img</b>          <b>gxemul -e3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d cobaltcd.iso -d nbsd_cobalt.img</b>
458    
459  </pre>  </pre>
460    <li>Log in as root (on the emulated 3MAX machine), and execute the    <li>Log in as root (on the emulated 3MAX machine), and execute the
# Line 473  generic kernel:<pre> Line 498  generic kernel:<pre>
498  <a name="netbsdevbmipsinstall"></a>  <a name="netbsdevbmipsinstall"></a>
499  <h3>NetBSD/evbmips:</h3>  <h3>NetBSD/evbmips:</h3>
500    
501  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/evbmips/">NetBSD/evbmips</a> can run  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/evbmips/">NetBSD/evbmips</a> can run
502  in GXemul on an emulated Malta evaluation board (with a 5Kc or 4Kc CPU).  in GXemul on an emulated Malta evaluation board, with a 5Kc (MIPS64) or
503    4Kc (MIPS32) processor. 5Kc is the default.
504    
505  <p>  <p>
506  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
# Line 505  image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX Line 531  image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
531  </pre>  </pre>
532    <p>    <p>
533    <li>Start NetBSD/pmax like this:<pre>    <li>Start NetBSD/pmax like this:<pre>
534          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img -d nbsd_malta.img -d evbmips-mipselcd.iso</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d nbsd_malta.img -d evbmips-mipselcd.iso</b>
535    
536  </pre>and execute the following commands as <tt>root</tt>:  </pre>and execute the following commands as <tt>root</tt>:
537  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
# Line 531  cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2; halt</b Line 557  cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2; halt</b
557  2.1, however, there will be little or no difference in functionality, as  2.1, however, there will be little or no difference in functionality, as
558  NetBSD still runs in 32-bit mode on 64-bit MIPS CPUs. There are two things  NetBSD still runs in 32-bit mode on 64-bit MIPS CPUs. There are two things
559  that differ:<ol>  that differ:<ol>
560    <li>GXemul's binary translation subsystem might run a bit faster    <li>The dynamic translation core runs faster when emulating 32-bit
561          in 32-bit mode (because there are some optimizations that don't          processors, so <tt><b>-C 4Kc</b></tt> might make things go faster.
         work with 64-bit emulation)  
562    <li>4Kc only has 16 TLB entries, whereas 5Kc has 48. This makes 4Kc    <li>4Kc only has 16 TLB entries, whereas 5Kc has 48. This makes 4Kc
563          slower.          emulation slower in general, because there are more TLB misses.
564  </ol>  </ol>
565    
566  <p>The installation instructions above create a filesystem  <p>The installation instructions above create a filesystem
# Line 560  generic kernel:<pre> Line 585  generic kernel:<pre>
585    
586  <p>  <p>
587  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
588  <a href="20050626-netbsd-sgimips-netboot.png"><img src="20050626-netbsd-sgimips-netboot_small.png"></a>  <a href="20060623-netbsd-sgimips-3.0.png"><img src="20060623-netbsd-sgimips-3.0_small.png"></a>
589    
590  <p><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sgimips/">NetBSD/sgimips</a> can run  <p><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sgimips/">NetBSD/sgimips</a> can run
591  in GXemul on an emulated O2 (SGI-IP32). However, GXemul does not yet  in GXemul on an emulated O2 (SGI-IP32). However, GXemul does not yet
# Line 568  emulate the AHC PCI SCSI controller in t Line 593  emulate the AHC PCI SCSI controller in t
593  several times, asking for documentation, but never received any reply.)  several times, asking for documentation, but never received any reply.)
594  NetBSD can still run in the emulator, as long as it doesn't use SCSI.  NetBSD can still run in the emulator, as long as it doesn't use SCSI.
595    
596  <p>For a simple test with the 2.1 ramdisk (install) kernel, try  <p>For a simple test with the ramdisk/install kernel, try
597  dowloading<pre>  dowloading<pre>
598          <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>
599    
600  </pre>and run&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><tt>gxemul -e o2 netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</tt></b>.  </pre>and run&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><tt>gxemul -x -e o2 netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</tt></b>.
601    
602  <p>It is possible to set up an environment for netbooting the emulated SGI  <p>It is possible to set up an environment for netbooting the emulated SGI
603  machine off of another emulated machine. Performing this setup is quite  machine off of another emulated machine. Performing this setup is quite
# Line 587  time consuming, but necessary: Line 612  time consuming, but necessary:
612    <p>    <p>
613    <li>Configure the nfs server machine to act as an nfs server.    <li>Configure the nfs server machine to act as an nfs server.
614          Start up the emulated DECstation:<pre>          Start up the emulated DECstation:<pre>
615          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
616  </pre>and enter the following commands as <tt>root</tt>  </pre>and enter the following commands as <tt>root</tt>
617          inside the emulator:          inside the emulator:
618  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
# Line 619  reboot</b> Line 644  reboot</b>
644          NetBSD/sgimips distribution sets:<br>(NOTE: This          NetBSD/sgimips distribution sets:<br>(NOTE: This
645          takes quite some time, even if you have a fast network connection.)          takes quite some time, even if you have a fast network connection.)
646  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
647  <b>cd /tftpboot; ftp -i ftp.uk.netbsd.org</b>  <b>cd /tftpboot; ftp -i ftp.se.netbsd.org</b>
648  (log in as anonymous...)  (log in as anonymous...)
649  <b>cd /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/sets  <b>cd /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/sets
650  mget base.tgz comp.tgz etc.tgz games.tgz man.tgz misc.tgz text.tgz  mget base.tgz comp.tgz etc.tgz games.tgz man.tgz misc.tgz text.tgz
651  quit  quit
652  sh  sh
# Line 632  dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=32 Line 657  dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=32
657  halt</b>  halt</b>
658  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
659    <li>Download the NetBSD/sgimips GENERIC and INSTALL kernels:<pre>    <li>Download the NetBSD/sgimips GENERIC and INSTALL kernels:<pre>
660          <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz</a>
661          <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>
662    
663  </pre>  </pre>
664    <li>Create a configuration file called <tt>config_client</tt>:    <li>Create a configuration file called <tt>config_client</tt>:
665  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
666  <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul  <font color="#2020cf">!  Configuration file for running NetBSD/sgimips diskless with
 !  
 !  Configuration file for running NetBSD/sgimips diskless with  
667  !  a NetBSD/pmax machine as the nfs server.</font>  !  a NetBSD/pmax machine as the nfs server.</font>
668    
669  <b>emul(  <b>    net(
     net(  
670          add_remote("localhost:12444")   </b>! the server<b>          add_remote("localhost:12444")   </b>! the server<b>
671          local_port(12445)               </b>! the client<b>          local_port(12445)               </b>! the client<b>
672      )      )
# Line 659  halt</b> Line 681  halt</b>
681          load("netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz")</b>          load("netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz")</b>
682          ! load("netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz")<b>          ! load("netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz")<b>
683      )      )
684  )</b>  </b>
685  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
686          ... and another configuration file for the server,          ... and another configuration file for the server,
687          <tt>config_server</tt>:          <tt>config_server</tt>:
688  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
689  <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul</font>  <b>    net(
 <b>emul(  
     net(  
690          local_port(12444)               </b>! the server<b>          local_port(12444)               </b>! the server<b>
691          add_remote("localhost:12445")   </b>! the client<b>          add_remote("localhost:12445")   </b>! the client<b>
692      )      )
# Line 680  halt</b> Line 700  halt</b>
700    
701          disk("nbsd_pmax.img")          disk("nbsd_pmax.img")
702      )      )
703  )</b>  </b>
704  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
705    <li>Boot the "<tt>nfs server</tt>" and the NetBSD/sgimips    <li>Boot the "<tt>nfs server</tt>" and the NetBSD/sgimips
706          "<tt>client machine</tt>" as two separate emulator instances:<pre>          "<tt>client machine</tt>" as two separate emulator instances:<pre>
# Line 870  cd /; umount /mnt; sync; halt</b> Line 890  cd /; umount /mnt; sync; halt</b>
890  <h3>NetBSD/prep:</h3>  <h3>NetBSD/prep:</h3>
891    
892  It is possible to install and run  It is possible to install and run
893  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/prep/">NetBSD/prep</a> in GXemul  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/prep/">NetBSD/prep</a> 2.1 in GXemul
894  on an emulated IBM 6050 (PowerPC) machine.  on an emulated IBM 6050 (PowerPC) machine. (NetBSD 3.0 uses the wdc
895    controller in a way which isn't implemented in GXemul yet.)
896    
897  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
898  <a href="20051123-netbsd-prep.png"><img src="20051123-netbsd-prep_small.png"></a>  <a href="20051123-netbsd-prep.png"><img src="20051123-netbsd-prep_small.png"></a>
# Line 1008  chmod +w simpleroot28.fs</b>           &lt;--- ma Line 1029  chmod +w simpleroot28.fs</b>           &lt;--- ma
1029          already have <tt>mkisofs</tt> installed on your system, you need          already have <tt>mkisofs</tt> installed on your system, you need
1030          to install it in order to do this.)<pre>          to install it in order to do this.)<pre>
1031          <b>mkisofs -o openbsd_pmax_2.8.iso ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/pmax</b>          <b>mkisofs -o openbsd_pmax_2.8.iso ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/pmax</b>
1032            <b>rm -rf ftp.se.openbsd.org</b>      <i>(this directory is not needed anymore)</i>
1033    
1034  </pre>  </pre>
1035    <li>Start the emulator with all three (!) disk images:<pre>    <li>Start the emulator with all three (!) disk images:<pre>
1036          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d obsd_pmax.img -d b:simpleroot28.fs -j bsd -d c:openbsd_pmax_2.8.iso</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d obsd_pmax.img -d b:simpleroot28.fs -j bsd -d c:openbsd_pmax_2.8.iso</b>
1037    
1038  </pre>  </pre>
1039          (If you add <tt>-X</tt>, you will run with the graphical          (If you add <tt>-X</tt>, you will run with the graphical
# Line 1046  chmod +w simpleroot28.fs</b>           &lt;--- ma Line 1068  chmod +w simpleroot28.fs</b>           &lt;--- ma
1068          password! The first time you boot up OpenBSD after the install, you          password! The first time you boot up OpenBSD after the install, you
1069          need to go into single user mode and run <b>passwd root</b> to set          need to go into single user mode and run <b>passwd root</b> to set
1070          the root password, or you will not be able to log in at all!<pre>          the root password, or you will not be able to log in at all!<pre>
1071          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d obsd_pmax.img -d 2c:openbsd_pmax_2.8.iso -j bsd -o '-s'</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d obsd_pmax.img -d 2c:openbsd_pmax_2.8.iso -j bsd -o '-s'</b>
1072  </pre>  </pre>
1073  While you are at it, you might want to extract the X11 install sets  While you are at it, you might want to extract the X11 install sets
1074  as well, as the installer seems to ignore them too. (Perhaps due to a bug  as well, as the installer seems to ignore them too. (Perhaps due to a bug
# Line 1123  follow these instructions: Line 1145  follow these instructions:
1145    
1146  </pre>  </pre>
1147    <li>Download the entire cats directory from the ftp server:<pre>    <li>Download the entire cats directory from the ftp server:<pre>
1148          <b>wget -np -l 0 -r <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/cats/">ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/cats/</a></b>          <b>wget -np -l 0 -r <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/">ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/</a></b>
1149          <b>cp ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/cats/bsd .</b>          <b>cp ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/bsd .</b>
1150          <b>cp ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/cats/bsd.rd .</b>          <b>cp ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/bsd.rd .</b>
1151    
1152  </pre>  </pre>
1153            (Replace ftp.openbsd.org with a server closer to you, for
1154            increased download speed.)
1155      <p>
1156    <li>You now need to make an ISO image of the entire directory you downloaded.    <li>You now need to make an ISO image of the entire directory you downloaded.
1157          (I recommend using <tt>mkisofs</tt> for that purpose. If you don't          (I recommend using <tt>mkisofs</tt> for that purpose. If you don't
1158          already have <tt>mkisofs</tt> installed on your system, you need          already have <tt>mkisofs</tt> installed on your system, you need
1159          to install it in order to do this.)<pre>          to install it in order to do this.)<pre>
1160          <b>mkisofs -allow-lowercase -o openbsd_cats_3.8.iso ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/</b>          <b>mkisofs -allow-lowercase -o openbsd_cats_3.9.iso ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/</b>
1161            <b>rm -rf ftp.openbsd.org</b>      <i>(this directory is not needed anymore)</i>
1162    
1163  </pre>  </pre>
1164    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>
1165          <b>gxemul -XEcats -d obsd_cats.img -d openbsd_cats_3.8.iso bsd.rd</b>          <b>gxemul -XEcats -d obsd_cats.img -d openbsd_cats_3.9.iso bsd.rd</b>
1166    
1167  </pre>  </pre>
1168          and proceed like you would do if you were installing OpenBSD          and proceed like you would do if you were installing OpenBSD
# Line 1178  also usable.) Line 1203  also usable.)
1203    
1204  <p>  <p>
1205  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
1206  <a href="20040504-ultrix45-boot1.png"><img src="20040504-ultrix45-boot1_small.gif"></a>  <a href="20040504-ultrix45-boot1.png"><img src="20040504-ultrix45-boot1_small.png"></a>
1207  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
1208  <a href="ultrix4.5-20040706.png"><img src="ultrix4.5-20040706_small.gif"></a>  <a href="ultrix4.5-20040706.png"><img src="ultrix4.5-20040706_small.png"></a>
1209    
1210  <p>  <p>
1211  The following instructions should let you install Ultrix onto a disk image:  The following instructions should let you install Ultrix onto a disk image:
# Line 1195  The following instructions should let yo Line 1220  The following instructions should let yo
1220          (On FreeBSD and similar systems, it is called <tt>/dev/cd0c</tt>.          (On FreeBSD and similar systems, it is called <tt>/dev/cd0c</tt>.
1221          Replace that with the name of your CDROM drive, or the name of a          Replace that with the name of your CDROM drive, or the name of a
1222          .iso image file.) Then, start the emulator like this:<pre>          .iso image file.) Then, start the emulator like this:<pre>
1223          <b>gxemul -X -A -e 3max -d rootdisk.img -d bc:/dev/cd0c -j vmunix</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e 3max -d rootdisk.img -d bc:/dev/cd0c -j vmunix</b>
1224    
1225  </pre>  </pre>
1226    <li>Once the first stage of the installation is done (restoring the root    <li>Once the first stage of the installation is done (restoring the root
# Line 1203  The following instructions should let yo Line 1228  The following instructions should let yo
1228          new rootdisk, to continue the installation process.          new rootdisk, to continue the installation process.
1229          This is done by removing the bootflag ('<tt>b</tt>') from the second          This is done by removing the bootflag ('<tt>b</tt>') from the second
1230          diskimage argument:<pre>          diskimage argument:<pre>
1231          <b>gxemul -X -A -e 3max -d rootdisk.img -d c:/dev/cd0c -j vmunix</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e 3max -d rootdisk.img -d c:/dev/cd0c -j vmunix</b>
1232    
1233  </pre>  </pre>
1234  </ol>  </ol>
# Line 1211  The following instructions should let yo Line 1236  The following instructions should let yo
1236  <p>  <p>
1237  When the installation is completed, the following command should start    When the installation is completed, the following command should start  
1238  Ultrix from the harddisk image:<pre>  Ultrix from the harddisk image:<pre>
1239          <b>gxemul -X -A -e 3max -j vmunix -d rootdisk.img</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e 3max -j vmunix -d rootdisk.img</b>
1240  </pre>  </pre>
1241    
1242  <p>Ultrix mostly seems to work with dynamic binary translation (which can  <p>If you have a very fast host machine, you might experience a weird
 be disabled by the <b><tt>-B</tt></b> command line option). If you have a  
 very fast host machine, and use bintrans, you might experience a weird  
1243  timer related bug, which makes it impossible to logon to the system. It is  timer related bug, which makes it impossible to logon to the system. It is
1244  triggered when the emulation goes faster than any real DECstation machine  triggered when the emulation goes faster than any real DECstation machine
1245  was capable of running. A temporary workaround is to add  was capable of running. A temporary workaround is to add
# Line 1233  There is also a <b><tt>-z</tt></b> optio Line 1256  There is also a <b><tt>-z</tt></b> optio
1256  displays to use. The following example starts Ultrix on an emulated  displays to use. The following example starts Ultrix on an emulated
1257  tripple-headed workstation, on three different displays (<tt>remote1:0.0</tt>,  tripple-headed workstation, on three different displays (<tt>remote1:0.0</tt>,
1258  <tt>localhost:0.0</tt>, and <tt>remote2:0.0</tt>), using no scaledown:<pre>  <tt>localhost:0.0</tt>, and <tt>remote2:0.0</tt>), using no scaledown:<pre>
1259          <b>gxemul -A -N -e 3max -jgenvmunix -d rootdisk.img \          <b>gxemul -N -e 3max -jgenvmunix -d rootdisk.img \
1260              -XZ3 -z remote1:0.0 -z localhost:0.0 -z remote2:0.0</b>              -XZ3 -z remote1:0.0 -z localhost:0.0 -z remote2:0.0</b>
1261  </pre>  </pre>
1262    
# Line 1344  It is possible to run Debian GNU/Linux f Line 1367  It is possible to run Debian GNU/Linux f
1367  on an emulated 5000/200 ("3max"). Although the Debian project has released  on an emulated 5000/200 ("3max"). Although the Debian project has released
1368  install ramdisk kernels for this purpose, these do not always work:  install ramdisk kernels for this purpose, these do not always work:
1369  <ul>  <ul>
1370    <li>Serial console output doesn't work too well in GXemul. There are    <li>Serial console output doesn't work too well in GXemul. Linux
1371          random oopses, which may be due to bugs in GXemul, but may          oopses randomly, which may be due to bugs in GXemul, but may
1372          also be due to bugs in the serial controller code in Linux.          also be due to bugs in the serial controller code in Linux.
1373          (The speed at which serial interrupts are generated can be          (The speed at which serial interrupts are generated can be
1374          lowered with the <tt>-U</tt> command line option, but it only          lowered with the <tt>-U</tt> command line option, but it only
# Line 1379  onto a harddisk image: Line 1402  onto a harddisk image:
1402  </pre>  </pre>
1403    <p>    <p>
1404    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
1405          <b>gxemul -XAe3max -d debian_pmax.img -d debian-31r0a-mipsel-netinst.iso vmlinux-2.4.31</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e3max -d debian_pmax.img -d debian-31r0a-mipsel-netinst.iso vmlinux-2.4.31</b>
   
1406  </pre>  </pre>
1407          Everything is <i>really</i> slow, for several reasons (framebuffer is  
1408          always slower than serial console, and Debian's install seems to be          <p>If everything goes well, you will see Linux' boot messages, and then
1409          made up of scripts that run a lot slower in the emulator than pure          arrive at the language chooser.
1410          C code would).  
1411          <p>  <p>
1412          There will be a <font color="#d00000">warning</font> about "Select  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-1.png"><img src="debian-1-small.png"></a>
1413          keyboard layout". Don't mind this. Continue by selecting "Detect and  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-2.png"><img src="debian-2-small.png"></a>
1414          mount CD-ROM".  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-3.png"><img src="debian-3-small.png"></a>
1415    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-4.png"><img src="debian-4-small.png"></a>
1416    
1417            <p>There will be a warning about the keyboard
1418            layout. Don't mind this. Continue, and then select <b>Detect
1419            and mount CD-ROM</b> in the next menu.
1420    
1421    <p>
1422    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-5.png"><img src="debian-5-small.png"></a>
1423    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-6.png"><img src="debian-6-small.png"></a>
1424    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-7.png"><img src="debian-7-small.png"></a>
1425    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-8.png"><img src="debian-8-small.png"></a>
1426    
1427          <p>          <p>
1428          There will also be a <font color="#d00000">warning</font> about lack          There will also be a warning about lack of loadable modules. Don't
1429          of loadable modules. Don't mind this, continue anyway.          mind this either, continue anyway by choosing <b>Yes</b>.
1430          <p>          <p>
1431          You need to enter some values during the installation procedure, for          When you reach the network configuration part of the install, choose
1432          example network settings. The following should work:<pre>          <b>Configure network manually</b> and enter the following values:<pre>
         DHCP:                       No, choose "<b>Configure network manually</b>"  
1433          IP address:                 <b>10.0.0.1</b>          IP address:                 <b>10.0.0.1</b>
1434          Netmask:                    <b>255.0.0.0</b>          Netmask:                    <b>255.0.0.0</b>
1435          Gateway:                    <b>10.0.0.254</b>          Gateway:                    <b>10.0.0.254</b>
1436          Name server addresses:      <b>10.0.0.254</b>          Name server addresses:      <b>10.0.0.254</b>
1437    
1438  </pre>  </pre>
1439    <li>Once the first phase of the install has finished, the following command          <p>Choose <b>Erase entire disk</b> in the partitioner.
1440          should let you boot into Debian, and perform post-install  
1441          configuration:<pre>          <p>Wait for the base system to be installed. This takes almost forever,
1442          <b>gxemul -XAe3max -o 'root=/dev/sda1' -d debian_pmax.img vmlinux-2.4.31</b>          so you can go fetch several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola">Jolts</a>
1443            or cups of coffee in the meanwhile.
1444    
1445    <p>
1446    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-9.png"><img src="debian-9-small.png"></a>
1447    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-10.png"><img src="debian-10-small.png"></a>
1448    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-11.png"><img src="debian-11-small.png"></a>
1449    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-12.png"><img src="debian-12-small.png"></a>
1450    
1451            <p>Congratulations! The first phase of the installation is now completed.
1452            Reboot using the following command line:<pre>
1453            <b>gxemul -X -e3max -o 'root=/dev/sda1' -d debian_pmax.img vmlinux-2.4.31</b>
1454    
1455    </pre>
1456            <p>The post-install step takes quite some time as well. A perfect opportunity
1457            for more coffee.
1458    
1459            <p>When asked about "Apt configuration", choose <b>http</b> as the method
1460            to use for accessing the Debian archive.
1461    
1462    <p>
1463    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-13.png"><img src="debian-13-small.png"></a>
1464    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-14.png"><img src="debian-14-small.png"></a>
1465    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="debian-15.png"><img src="debian-15-small.png"></a>
1466    
1467            <p>Downloading the packages takes almost forever. Be patient.
1468    
1469            <p>Congratulations (again)! You are now fully done with the installation.
1470    
 </pre>The post-install step takes quite some time.  
1471  </ol>  </ol>
1472    
1473  <p>Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation should now be installed. Use this command  <p><br>Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation is now installed and ready to be used.
1474  to boot from the installed disk image:<pre>  Use this command to boot from the installed disk image:<pre>
1475          <b>gxemul -XAe3max -o 'root=/dev/sda1' -d debian_pmax.img vmlinux-2.4.31</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e3max -o 'root=/dev/sda1' -d debian_pmax.img vmlinux-2.4.31</b>
1476    
1477  </pre>  </pre>
1478    
# Line 1436  The following steps should let you run R Line 1496  The following steps should let you run R
1496    
1497  <p>  <p>
1498  <ol>  <ol>
1499    <li>Download a kernel. David Muse' Debian-install kernel works fine, also with Redhat:<pre>    <li>Download a kernel. David Muse' Debian-install kernel works fine:<pre>
1500          <a href="http://www.firstworks.com/mips-linux-2.4.31/vmlinux-2.4.31">http://www.firstworks.com/mips-linux-2.4.31/vmlinux-2.4.31</a>          <a href="http://www.firstworks.com/mips-linux-2.4.31/vmlinux-2.4.31">http://www.firstworks.com/mips-linux-2.4.31/vmlinux-2.4.31</a>
1501    
1502  </pre>  </pre>
# Line 1453  The following steps should let you run R Line 1513  The following steps should let you run R
1513    <li>This is the tricky part: on redhat_mips.img, you need to create an MS-DOS    <li>This is the tricky part: on redhat_mips.img, you need to create an MS-DOS
1514          (!) partition table, and then an ext2 partition. This is what Linux          (!) partition table, and then an ext2 partition. This is what Linux
1515          will then see as /dev/sda1.          will then see as /dev/sda1.
1516          <p>On a Linux host, you could use a loopback mount, or similar. Otherwise,          <p>I recommend you run fdisk and mke2fs and untar the archive from within
         I recommend you run fdisk and mke2fs and untar the archive from within  
1517          Debian/DECstation or <a href="#debiancats">Debian/CATS</a> running          Debian/DECstation or <a href="#debiancats">Debian/CATS</a> running
1518          inside the emulator. Use your imagination.          inside the emulator. (Alternatively, if you are on a Linux host,
1519            you could use a loopback mount, or similar. This might require
1520            root access. See e.g.
1521            <a href="http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux">http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux</a>.)
1522          <p>          <p>
1523          In order to actually boot the system you need to modify /etc/fstab.          In order to actually boot the system you need to modify /etc/fstab.
1524          Change<pre>          Change<pre>
# Line 1475  The following steps should let you run R Line 1537  The following steps should let you run R
1537  </ol>  </ol>
1538    
1539  <p>To boot Redhat linux from the disk image, use the following command line:<pre>  <p>To boot Redhat linux from the disk image, use the following command line:<pre>
1540          <b>gxemul -XAe3max -o "root=/dev/sda1 ro" -d redhat_mips.img vmlinux-2.4.31</b>          <b>gxemul -X -e3max -o "root=/dev/sda1 ro" -d redhat_mips.img vmlinux-2.4.31</b>
1541    
1542  </pre>  </pre>
1543  If you need to boot into single user mode, change options to  If you need to boot into single user mode, change options to
# Line 1584  it works.</font> Line 1646  it works.</font>
1646  mailed Adaptec several times, asking for documentation, but never received  mailed Adaptec several times, asking for documentation, but never received
1647  any reply.) OpenBSD/sgi can still run in the emulator, as long as it doesn't  any reply.) OpenBSD/sgi can still run in the emulator, as long as it doesn't
1648  use SCSI. For a simple test with the ramdisk (install) kernel, try dowloading<pre>  use SCSI. For a simple test with the ramdisk (install) kernel, try dowloading<pre>
1649          <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/bsd.rd">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/bsd.rd</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/bsd.rd">bsd.rd</a>
1650    
1651  </pre>and run <b><tt>gxemul -e o2 bsd.rd</tt></b>.  </pre>and run <b><tt>gxemul -xeo2 bsd.rd</tt></b>.
1652    
1653  <p>It might also be possible to netboot. Another emulated machine must  <p>It might also be possible to netboot. Another emulated machine must
1654  then be used as the nfs root server, and the emulated O2 machine must boot  then be used as the nfs root server, and the emulated O2 machine must boot
# Line 1602  client. Performing this setup is quite t Line 1664  client. Performing this setup is quite t
1664    <p>    <p>
1665    <li>Configure the nfs server machine to act as an nfs server.    <li>Configure the nfs server machine to act as an nfs server.
1666          Start up the emulated DECstation:<pre>          Start up the emulated DECstation:<pre>
1667          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
1668  </pre>and enter the following commands as <tt>root</tt>  </pre>and enter the following commands as <tt>root</tt>
1669          inside the emulator:          inside the emulator:
1670  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
# Line 1626  reboot</b> Line 1688  reboot</b>
1688  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
1689  <b>cd /tftpboot; ftp -i ftp.se.openbsd.org</b>  <b>cd /tftpboot; ftp -i ftp.se.openbsd.org</b>
1690  (log in as anonymous...)  (log in as anonymous...)
1691  <b>cd pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi  <b>cd pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi
1692  mget b*tgz c* e* g* m*  mget b*tgz c*tgz e* g* m*
1693  quit  quit
1694  sh  sh
1695  for a in *.tgz; do echo $a; tar zxfp $a; done  for a in *.tgz; do echo $a; tar zxfp $a; done
# Line 1637  dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=32 Line 1699  dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=32
1699  halt</b>  halt</b>
1700  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
1701    <li>Download the OpenBSD/sgi GENERIC and RAMDISK kernels:<pre>    <li>Download the OpenBSD/sgi GENERIC and RAMDISK kernels:<pre>
1702          <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/bsd">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/bsd</a>          <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/bsd">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/bsd</a>
1703          MD5 (bsd) = f16eaf3dcbd51876db7c25f70e6d8a08          <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/bsd.rd">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/bsd.rd</a>
         <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/bsd.rd">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/bsd.rd</a>  
         MD5 (bsd.rd) = 4843e6139d8dd04b03d5f0e33e9a4f7b  
1704    
1705  </pre>  </pre>
1706    <li>Create a configuration file called <tt>config_client</tt>:    <li>Create a configuration file called <tt>config_client</tt>:
1707  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
1708  <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul  <font color="#2020cf">!  Configuration file for running OpenBSD/sgi diskless with
 !  
 !  Configuration file for running OpenBSD/sgi diskless with  
1709  !  a NetBSD/pmax machine as the nfs server.  !  a NetBSD/pmax machine as the nfs server.
1710  !  !
1711  !  This config file is for the client.</font>  !  This config file is for the client.</font>
1712    
1713  <b>emul(  <b>    net(
     net(  
1714          add_remote("localhost:12444")   </b>! the server<b>          add_remote("localhost:12444")   </b>! the server<b>
1715          local_port(12445)               </b>! the client<b>          local_port(12445)               </b>! the client<b>
1716      )      )
# Line 1668  halt</b> Line 1725  halt</b>
1725          </b>! load("bsd")<b>          </b>! load("bsd")<b>
1726          load("bsd.rd")          load("bsd.rd")
1727      )      )
1728  )</b>  </b>
1729  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
1730          ... and another configuration file for the server,          ... and another configuration file for the server,
1731          <tt>config_server</tt>:          <tt>config_server</tt>:
1732  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
1733  <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul</font>  <b>    net(
 <b>emul(  
     net(  
1734          local_port(12444)               </b>! the server<b>          local_port(12444)               </b>! the server<b>
1735          add_remote("localhost:12445")   </b>! the client<b>          add_remote("localhost:12445")   </b>! the client<b>
1736      )      )
# Line 1689  halt</b> Line 1744  halt</b>
1744    
1745          disk("nbsd_pmax.img")          disk("nbsd_pmax.img")
1746      )      )
1747  )</b>  </b>
1748  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
1749    <li>Boot the "<tt>nfs server</tt>" and the OpenBSD/sgi    <li>Boot the "<tt>nfs server</tt>" and the OpenBSD/sgi
1750          "<tt>client machine</tt>" as two separate emulator instances:<pre>          "<tt>client machine</tt>" as two separate emulator instances:<pre>
# Line 1806  instructions: Line 1861  instructions:
1861    
1862  </pre>  </pre>
1863    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>
1864          <b>gxemul -e pica -X -A -d obsd_arc.img -d b:openbsd_arc_2.3.iso -j 2.3/arc/bsd.rd</b>          <b>gxemul -e pica -X -d obsd_arc.img -d b:openbsd_arc_2.3.iso -j 2.3/arc/bsd.rd</b>
1865    
1866  </pre>  </pre>
1867          and proceed like you would do if you were installing OpenBSD          and proceed like you would do if you were installing OpenBSD
# Line 1884  fdisk and mke2fs, which are useful for c Line 1939  fdisk and mke2fs, which are useful for c
1939    
1940    
1941    
1942    
1943    <p><br>
1944    <a name="linux_qemu_mips"></a>
1945    <h3>Linux/QEMU_MIPS:</h3>
1946    
1947    I've added a semi-bogus machine mode which tries to
1948    mimic the MIPS machine mode used in Fabrice Bellard's
1949    <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/">QEMU</a>.
1950    
1951    <p>Follow these steps to download and run the Linux/QEMU_MIPS test
1952    ramdisk kernel:
1953    
1954    <p><ol>
1955      <li>Download <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/mips-test-0.1.tar.gz">mips-test-0.1.tar.gz</a>
1956            from <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html">http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html</a>,
1957            and extract its contents (<tt>tar zxvf mips-test-0.1.tar.gz</tt>).
1958      <p>
1959      <li>Test it in GXemul using the following command line:<pre>
1960            <b>gxemul -E qemu_mips -o 'console=ttyS0 root=/dev/ram
1961                    rd_start=0x80800000 rd_size=10000000 init=/bin/sh'
1962                    0x80800000:mips-test/initrd mips-test/vmlinux-r1</b>
1963    
1964    </pre>
1965    </ol>
1966    
1967    <p><i>"QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator"</i> according to <a
1968    href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html">http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html</a>.
1969    Sometimes QEMU is faster than GXemul, sometimes it is the other way
1970    around. A quick (and quite unfair) test on my laptop (1.8 GHz Turion ML32,
1971    I think, in AMD64 mode) comparing QEMU 0.8.1 installed as a binary package
1972    from FreeBSD ports with GXemul gave the following result:
1973    
1974    <p><pre>
1975            <b>while true; do ls -l > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
1976            (80 x 36 dots)
1977            QEMU 0.8.1:       13 min 48 sec
1978            GXemul 20060711:   7 min 54 sec
1979            GXemul 0.4.1:      4 min 59 sec
1980    
1981            <b>while true; do /usr/bin/md5sum /usr/bin/* > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
1982            (80 dots)
1983            QEMU 0.8.1:        2 min  9 sec
1984            GXemul 20060711:   8 min 49 sec
1985            GXemul 0.4.1:      6 min 54 sec
1986    
1987            <b>while true; do grep hej lib/libtextwrap.so.1 > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
1988            (80 dots)
1989            QEMU 0.8.1:       10 min  5 sec
1990            GXemul 20060711:   3 min  8 sec
1991            GXemul 0.4.1:      1 min 42 sec
1992    </pre>
1993    
1994    <p>The commands were run inside the emulators, using the ramdisk kernel
1995    mentioned above. (For GXemul, 2006-07-11 was the date when the QEMU_MIPS
1996    mode was added. Performance has since gotten a bit better in general, for
1997    non-R3000 MIPS emulation.)
1998    
1999    
2000    
2001    
2002    
2003    
2004    
2005    
2006    <p><br>
2007    <a name="windows_nt_mips"></a>
2008    <h3>Windows NT/MIPS:</h3>
2009    
2010    Old versions of Windows NT could run on MIPS hardware, e.g.
2011    the PICA 61. It is theoretically possible that the emulation provided by
2012    GXemul some day could be stable/complete enough to emulate
2013    such hardware well enough to fool Windows NT into thinking
2014    that it is running on a real machine.
2015    <font color="#ff0000">IT DOES <b>NOT</b> WORK YET!</font>
2016    
2017    <p>Something like this would be done to install
2018    Windows NT onto a disk image:
2019    
2020    <ol>
2021            <li>Put a "Windows NT 4.0 for MIPS" CDROM (or similar) into
2022                    your CDROM drive. (On FreeBSD systems, it is
2023                    usually called <tt>/dev/cd0c</tt> or similar. Change
2024                    that to whatever the CDROM is called on your system,
2025                    or the name of a raw .iso image. I have tried this
2026                    with the Swedish version, but it might work with
2027                    other versions too.)
2028            <p>
2029            <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
2030                    that you will install Windows NT onto:<pre>
2031            $ <b><tt>dd if=/dev/zero of=winnt_test.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=999000</tt></b>
2032    
2033    </pre>
2034            <li>Run the ARC installer, to partition the disk image:<pre>
2035            $ <b><tt>gxemul -X -e pica -d winnt_test.img -d bc6:/dev/cd0c -j MIPS\\ARCINST</tt></b>
2036    </pre>
2037            Note that <tt>ARCINST</tt> <i>almost</i> works, but not quite.
2038            <p>
2039            <li>Run the SETUP program:<pre>
2040            $ <b><tt>gxemul -X -e pica -d winnt_test.img -d bc6:/dev/cd0c -j MIPS\\SETUPLDR</tt></b>
2041    </pre>
2042    </ol>
2043    
2044    <p><tt>SETUPLDR</tt> manages to load some drivers from the cdrom,
2045    but then it crashes because of incomplete emulation of some hardware devices.
2046    
2047    
2048    
2049    
2050    
2051    
2052    
2053  <p><br>  <p><br>
2054  <a name="netbsdnetwinderinstall"></a>  <a name="netbsdnetwinderinstall"></a>
2055  <h3>NetBSD/netwinder:</h3>  <h3>NetBSD/netwinder:</h3>
# Line 1917  distribution onto a disk image, from an Line 2083  distribution onto a disk image, from an
2083  </pre>  </pre>
2084    <p>    <p>
2085    <li>Start NetBSD/pmax like this:<pre>    <li>Start NetBSD/pmax like this:<pre>
2086          <b>gxemul -e 3max -A -d nbsd_pmax.img -d nbsd_netwinder.img -d netwinder.iso</b>          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d nbsd_netwinder.img -d netwinder.iso</b>
2087    
2088  </pre>and execute the following commands as <tt>root</tt>:  </pre>and execute the following commands as <tt>root</tt>:
2089  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
# Line 1957  generic kernel:<pre> Line 2123  generic kernel:<pre>
2123    
2124    
2125    
2126    
2127    
2128    <p><br>
2129    <a name="netbsdmacppcinstall"></a>
2130    <h3>NetBSD/macppc:</h3>
2131    
2132    It is <font color="#ff0000"><b>ALMOST</b></font> possible to install and run
2133    <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/">NetBSD/macppc</a> in GXemul
2134    on an emulated generic PowerPC machine. No specific Machintosh model
2135    is emulated, but it is enough to for NetBSD to recognize it.
2136    
2137    <p>To install NetBSD/macppc onto a disk image, follow these instructions:
2138    
2139    <p>
2140    <ol start="1">
2141      <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
2142            that you will install NetBSD/macppc onto:<pre>
2143        <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_macppc.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=2000000</b>
2144    
2145    </pre>
2146      <li>Download the NetBSD/macppc 3.0 ISO image and a generic kernel:<pre>
2147        <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0/macppccd-3.0.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0/macppccd-3.0.iso</a>
2148        <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/macppc/binary/kernel/">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/macppc/binary/kernel</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz">netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz</a>
2149    
2150    </pre>
2151      <p>
2152      <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
2153        <b>gxemul -x -e g4 -d nbsd_macppc.img -d b:macppccd-3.0.iso -j macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
2154    
2155    </pre>
2156    </ol>
2157    
2158    <p>If everything worked, NetBSD/macppc should now be installed on the disk image.
2159    
2160    <p><font color="#ff0000"><b>2006-02-26:</b></font> That's it. The installation
2161    succeeds, but it is not possible to start from the newly installed disk.
2162    /sbin/init dies, so the following command doesn't really work yet:
2163    
2164    <p>Use the following command line to boot the emulated machine:<pre>
2165            <b>gxemul -x -e g4 -d nbsd_macppc.img netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz</b>
2166    
2167    </pre>
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2172    
2173  </p>  </p>

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