Actually there is an emulation option for SPARC on Intel. Check out http://www.qemu.org/ . There was also an emulation product from Transitive but IBM bought them out and squashed it like a bug for some reason... -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "white.heron white" <white.heron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Fyi. The Solaris SPARC operating system is design for SUN SPARC architecture. The Linux PC design based on Intel architecture. It is totally different from SUN SPARC architecture. Regards, MOHAMMAD ADLI BIN MT TAJUDIN A8-2-7, DESA PANDAN APARTMENTS, OFF JALAN KG. PANDAN, 55100 KUALA LUMPUR, WEST MALAYSIA. H/p number: (017) 362 3661 Email: white.heron@xxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________ From: Marco Shaw <marco.shaw@xxxxxxxxx> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Regarding virtualization You cannot install the Solaris SPARC version on a Linux virtualization solution. You will need the Solaris Intel version, and you may or may not have problems. You are also asking a very broad question, and may need to do a bit more searching on the Internet to find some details on how to proceed. Marco On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 5:37 PM, <amiteshsahay@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Members > > > Greetings!! > > > Can someone explain how to virtualise (or emulate) a Solaris 9 or 8 SPARC system on a Linux PC? (How to install a virtual system from the DVD? How to clone an existing system as a virtual one?) > > > Regards, > > > Amitesh S > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- *Microsoft MVP - Windows PowerShell https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Marco.Shaw *Co-Author - Sams Windows PowerShell Unleashed 2nd Edition *Blog - http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list