[rescue] 10GB emulated drive and disk layout.

[Todd Vernon]

If you really get stuck you’re welcome to grab one of my existing images and use it, or at least install over the existing partitions.

https://www.oldsilicon.com/workstationdiskimages

Good luck !

T

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Todd Vernon
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On Jan 24, 2026 at 11:05 AM -0700, vom513 via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>, wrote:
> 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.
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