[rescue] 10GB emulated drive and disk layout.

[vom513]

I usually run NetBSD and it fabricates geometry and generally “just works”.

When I do run any Sun OS on my machines, I follow this guide in terms of sizing and disk formatting:

https://learn.adafruit.com/build-your-own-sparc-with-qemu-and-solaris?view=all#create-a-disk-image

This will get you a 9.1G image.  The size should be 9663676416 (dd from /dev/zero to make a blank image for the ZS).  Then in format:

(Your output might vary depending on the version of SunOS / Solaris you are using.  For example the first option of “0” - I think I instead choose 16 “other”.)

Specify disk (enter its number): 0
Specify disk type (enter its number): 16
Enter number of data cylinders: 16381
...defaults are fine here...
Enter number of heads: 16
...
Enter number of data sectors/track: 63
...
Enter disk type name (remember quotes): Qemu9G

After doing this I am always able to install Solaris with no issues.  Also to be clear - using these parameters - I don’t have any geometry config in zuluscsi.ini.