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+revision 34 by dpavlin,
Mon Oct  8 16:21:17 2007 UTC
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+ $Id: guestoses.html,v 1.202 2007/02/19 01:34:42 debug Exp $
- Copyright (C) 2003-2006  Anders Gavare.  All rights reserved.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2007  Anders Gavare.  All rights reserved.
  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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 SUCH DAMAGE.
    <li><a href="#netbsdevbarminstall">NetBSD/evbarm 2.1</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdnetwinderinstall">NetBSD/netwinder 3.1</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdprepinstall">NetBSD/prep 2.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdmacppcinstall">NetBSD/macppc 3.1</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsddreamcast">NetBSD/dreamcast 3.1</a>
    <li><a href="#openbsdpmaxinstall">OpenBSD/pmax 2.8-BETA</a>
    <li><a href="#openbsdcatsinstall">OpenBSD/cats 4.0</a>
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 updated; if new versions have been relea
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 updated; if new versions have been relea
  well.
  <p>In addition to the "working" guest operating systems listed above,
- you might find the following information interesting: (Some of these might
+ you might find the following information interesting:
- not be relevant for this specific release of GXemul.)
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#mach">Mach/PMAX</a>
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 not be relevant for this specific releas
    <!-- <li><a href="#linux_malta">Linux/Malta</a> -->
    <li><a href="#linux_qemu_mips">Linux/QEMU_MIPS</a>
    <li><a href="#windows_nt_mips">Windows NT/MIPS</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdmacppcinstall">NetBSD/macppc 3.0</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdbeboxinstall">NetBSD/bebox 19981119</a>
  </ul>
+ <p><b><font color="#ff0000">NOTE:</b>
+ Some of these sections may not be relevant to this
+ specific release of GXemul,</font> for example some of these
+ modes may be legacy modes that worked before but not any longer,
+ or are not yet working but could be in the future.
  <p>Some operating systems are listed with a version number <i>less</i>
  than what was available at the time of this GXemul release (e.g.
  NetBSD/prep). The reasons for this is because of incompleteness in
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 To install NetBSD/cats onto a disk image
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 To install NetBSD/cats onto a disk image
  <ol start="1">
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
          that you will install NetBSD/cats onto:<pre>
-         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cats.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=2000000</b>
+         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cats.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=3000000</b>
  </pre>
    <li>Download the NetBSD/cats 3.1 ISO image and the generic and install kernels:<pre>
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 generic kernel:<pre>
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 generic kernel:<pre>
  <a name="netbsdprepinstall"></a>
  <h3>NetBSD/prep:</h3>
- It is possible to install and run
+ It is possible to install and run <a
- <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/prep/">NetBSD/prep</a> 2.1 in GXemul
+ href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/prep/">NetBSD/prep</a> 2.1 in GXemul on
- on an emulated IBM 6050 (PowerPC) machine. (NetBSD 3.0 uses the wdc
+ an emulated IBM 6050 (PowerPC) machine. (Newer versions of NetBSD/prep use
- controller in a way which isn't implemented in GXemul yet.)
+ the wdc controller in a way which isn't implemented in GXemul yet, or
+ there are bugs in GXemul's PowerPC CPU emulation.)
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <a href="20051123-netbsd-prep.png"><img src="20051123-netbsd-prep_small.png"></a>
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 controller in a way which isn't implemen
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 controller in a way which isn't implemen
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
-     <b>gxemul -x -e ibm6050 -d nbsd_prep.img -d rdb:prepcd.iso -j prep/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
+     <b>gxemul -X -e ibm6050 -d nbsd_prep.img -d rdb:prepcd.iso -j prep/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
  </pre>
    <p>
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 controller in a way which isn't implemen
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 controller in a way which isn't implemen
  <p>If everything worked, NetBSD should now be installed on the disk image.
  Use the following command line to boot the emulated machine:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -x -e ibm6050 -d nbsd_prep.img netbsd-GENERIC.gz</b>
+         <b>gxemul -X -e ibm6050 -d nbsd_prep.img netbsd-GENERIC.gz</b>
  </pre>
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 system type, and init path.
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 system type, and init path.
+ <p><br>
+ <a name="netbsdmacppcinstall"></a>
+ <h3>NetBSD/macppc:</h3>
+ It is possible to install and run <a
+ href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/">NetBSD/macppc</a> in GXemul on
+ an emulated generic PowerPC machine. No specific Machintosh model is
+ emulated, but it is enough to for NetBSD to recognize it.
- <p><br>
+ <p>To install NetBSD/macppc onto a disk image, follow these instructions:
- <a name="netbsddreamcast"></a>
- <h3>NetBSD/dreamcast:</h3>
- <font color="#000095">SuperH emulation is very new in GXemul. This is
+ <p>
- still highly experimental.</font>
+ <ol start="1">
+   <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
+         that you will install NetBSD/macppc onto:<pre>
+     <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_macppc.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=3000000</b>
- <p>It is possible to run <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/">NetBSD/dreamcast</a>
+ </pre>
-.1 in GXemul. Only enough of the Dreamcast is emulated to let a NetBSD
+   <li>Download the NetBSD/macppc 3.1 ISO image and a generic kernel:<pre>
- ramdisk kernel reach userland; no network interface is emulated yet, so
+     <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/macppccd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/macppccd-3.1.iso</a>
- root-on-nfs is not possible.
+     <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/macppc/binary/kernel/">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/macppc/binary/kernel</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz">netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz</a>
- <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ </pre>
- <a href="20061029-netbsd-dreamcast.png"><img src="20061029-netbsd-dreamcast_small.png"></a>
+   <p>
+   <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
+     <b>gxemul -x -e g4 -d nbsd_macppc.img -d b:macppccd-3.1.iso -j macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
- <p>Download the 3.1 kernel and symbols here:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.symbols.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.symbols.gz</a>
  </pre>
+         and continue as you would do when installing NetBSD on a real
+         machine.
+   <p>
+   <li>Before turning the emulated machine off, quit the NetBSD installer
+         and execute the following commands:<pre>
+         <b>cd /; mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
+         echo 'console "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" vt100 on secure' > /mnt/etc/ttys
+         echo 'rc_configured=YES' >> /mnt/etc/rc.conf
+         umount /mnt; sync
+         reboot</b>
- <p>Start NetBSD/dreamcast using the following command line:<pre>
+ </pre>
-         <b>gxemul -XEdreamcast netbsd-GENERIC_MD.*</b>
+ </ol>
+ <p>If everything worked, NetBSD/macppc should now be installed on
+ the disk image.
+ <p>Use the following command line to boot the emulated machine:<pre>
+         <b>gxemul -x -e g4 -d nbsd_macppc.img netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz</b>
  </pre>
+ <p>If asked about <tt>root device</tt>, enter <tt><b>wd0</b></tt>.
+ <p><br>
+ <a name="netbsddreamcast"></a>
+ <h3>NetBSD/dreamcast:</h3>
+ Moved <a href="dreamcast.html#netbsd_generic_md">here</a>.
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 chmod +w simpleroot28.fs</b>           &lt;--- ma
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 chmod +w simpleroot28.fs</b>           &lt;--- ma
            <li>At the # prompt, do the following:<pre>
          <b>fsck /dev/rz1a</b>        (and mark the filesystem as clean)
          <b>mount /dev/rz1a /</b>
+         <b>mkdir /kern</b>
+         <b>mkdir /mnt2</b>
          <b>mount -t kernfs kern kern</b>
          <b>./install</b>
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 for DECstation in the emulator:
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 for DECstation in the emulator:
  <p>
  <ol>
-   <li>Compile gxemul with cache emulation: (<b>NOTE: --enable-caches</b>)<pre>
-         <b>./configure --enable-caches; make</b>
- </pre>
    <li>Download the pmax binary distribution for Mach 3.0:<pre>
          <a href="http://lost-contact.mit.edu/afs/athena/user/d/a/daveg/Info/Links/Mach/src/release/pmax.tar.Z">http://lost-contact.mit.edu/afs/athena/user/d/a/</a>
              <a href="http://lost-contact.mit.edu/afs/athena/user/d/a/daveg/Info/Links/Mach/src/release/pmax.tar.Z">daveg/Info/Links/Mach/src/release/pmax.tar.Z</a>
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 for DECstation in the emulator:
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 for DECstation in the emulator:
          cd /; sync; umount /mnt</i>)
          <p>
    <li>Start the emulator with the following command:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e 3max -X -d disk.img \
+         <b>gxemul -c 'put w 0x800990e0, 0' -c 'put w 0x80099144, 0' \
+             -c 'put w 0x8004aae8, 0' -e 3max -X -d disk.img \
              pmax_mach/special/mach.boot.MK83.STD+ANY</b>
  </pre>
  </ol>
+ <p>Earlier versions of GXemul had a configure option to enable better
+ R3000 cache emulation, but since Mach was more or less the only thing that
+ used it, I removed it. Today's version of GXemul can thus not boot
+ mach.boot.MK83.STD+ANY straight off, it has to be patched to skip the
+ cache detection.
+ <p>The -c commands above patch the kernel to get past the cache detection.
+ Thanks to Artur Bujdoso for these values.
+ <p>TODO: Better instructions on how to create the old-style UFS disk
+ image.
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 I've added a semi-bogus machine mode whi
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 I've added a semi-bogus machine mode whi
  mimic the MIPS machine mode used in Fabrice Bellard's
  <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/">QEMU</a>.
- <p>Follow these steps to download and run the Linux/QEMU_MIPS test
+ <p>Download <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/mips-test-0.1.tar.gz">mips-test-0.1.tar.gz</a>
- ramdisk kernel:
+ from <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html">http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html</a>,
+ and extract its contents (<tt>tar zxvf mips-test-0.1.tar.gz</tt>).
- <p><ol>
+ <p>Test it in GXemul using the following command line:<pre>
-   <li>Download <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/mips-test-0.1.tar.gz">mips-test-0.1.tar.gz</a>
-         from <a href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html">http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html</a>,
-         and extract its contents (<tt>tar zxvf mips-test-0.1.tar.gz</tt>).
-   <p>
-   <li>Test it in GXemul using the following command line:<pre>
          <b>gxemul -E qemu_mips -o 'console=ttyS0 root=/dev/ram
                  rd_start=0x80800000 rd_size=10000000 init=/bin/sh'
 x80800000:mips-test/initrd mips-test/vmlinux-r1</b>
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 ramdisk kernel:
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 ramdisk kernel:
  </pre>
  </ol>
- <p><i>"QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator"</i> according to <a
- href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html">http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html</a>.
- Sometimes QEMU is faster than GXemul, sometimes it is the other way
- around. A quick (and quite unfair) test on my laptop (1.8 GHz Turion ML32,
- in AMD64 mode) comparing QEMU 0.8.2 (installed from FreeBSD ports)
- with GXemul gave the following result:
- <p><pre>
-         <b>while true; do ls -l > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
-         (80 x 36 dots)
-         QEMU 0.8.2:       13 min 52 sec
-         GXemul 0.4.2:      4 min 31 sec
-         <b>while true; do /usr/bin/md5sum /usr/bin/* > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
-         (80 dots)
-         QEMU 0.8.2:        2 min  8 sec
-         GXemul 0.4.2:      5 min 18 sec
-         <b>while true; do grep hej lib/libtextwrap.so.1 > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
-         (80 dots)
-         QEMU 0.8.2:        9 min 57 sec
-         GXemul 0.4.2:      1 min 36 sec
- </pre>
- <p>The commands were run inside the emulators, using the ramdisk kernel
- mentioned above.
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 but then it crashes because of incomplet
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 but then it crashes because of incomplet
- <p><br>
- <a name="netbsdmacppcinstall"></a>
- <h3>NetBSD/macppc:</h3>
- It is <font color="#ff0000"><b>ALMOST</b></font> possible to install and run
- <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/">NetBSD/macppc</a> in GXemul
- on an emulated generic PowerPC machine. No specific Machintosh model
- is emulated, but it is enough to for NetBSD to recognize it.
- <p>To install NetBSD/macppc onto a disk image, follow these instructions:
- <p>
- <ol start="1">
-   <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
-         that you will install NetBSD/macppc onto:<pre>
-     <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_macppc.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=2000000</b>
- </pre>
-   <li>Download the NetBSD/macppc 3.0 ISO image and a generic kernel:<pre>
-     <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>
-     <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>
- </pre>
-   <p>
-   <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
-     <b>gxemul -x -e g4 -d nbsd_macppc.img -d b:macppccd-3.0.iso -j macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
- </pre>
- </ol>
- <p>If everything worked, NetBSD/macppc should now be installed on the disk image.
- <p><font color="#ff0000"><b>2006-02-26:</b></font> That's it. The installation
- succeeds, but it is not possible to start from the newly installed disk.
- /sbin/init dies, so the following command doesn't really work yet:
- <p>Use the following command line to boot the emulated machine:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -x -e g4 -d nbsd_macppc.img netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz</b>
- </pre>

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