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<div>If you really get stuck you\u2019re welcome to grab one of my existing images and use it, or at least install over the existing partitions.</div>
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<div>Good luck !</div>
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<div name="messageReplySection">On Jan 24, 2026 at 11:05\u202fAM -0700, vom513 via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org>, wrote:<br />
<blockquote type="cite">I usually run NetBSD and it fabricates geometry and generally \u201cjust works\u201d.<br />
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When I do run any Sun OS on my machines, I follow this guide in terms of sizing and disk formatting:<br />
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https://learn.adafruit.com/build-your-own-sparc-with-qemu-and-solaris?view=all#create-a-disk-image<br />
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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:<br />
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(Your output might vary depending on the version of SunOS / Solaris you are using. For example the first option of \u201c0\u201d - I think I instead choose 16 \u201cother\u201d.)<br />
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Specify disk (enter its number): 0<br />
Specify disk type (enter its number): 16<br />
Enter number of data cylinders: 16381<br />
...defaults are fine here...<br />
Enter number of heads: 16<br />
...<br />
Enter number of data sectors/track: 63<br />
...<br />
Enter disk type name (remember quotes): Qemu9G<br />
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After doing this I am always able to install Solaris with no issues. Also to be clear - using these parameters - I don\u2019t have any geometry config in zuluscsi.ini.<br />
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