How to Virtualize Sparc Solaris 8

Jerry Feldman gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
Fri Feb 26 07:35:45 EST 2010


On 02/25/2010 05:28 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> Working at semiconductor companies, it seems to be a common request, th=
at we
> need to obtain some sparc solaris 8 machine to run a memory compiler.  =
In
> the past, I=B9ve solved this by begging local IT depts for their garbag=
e, and
> build one of these machines.  I=B9d very much like to improve this.
>
> Does anybody know of any way to create a sparc solaris 8 machine modern=
 day?
> Whether virtual or otherwise ... Preferably virtual.
>
>  =20
Oracle's virtualbox supports Solaris. Not sure if this is what you want,
but I would think since VirtualBox was a Sun product they would do a
decent job here. http://www.virtualbox.org/



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