Here is the lists of operating systems that I&#39;m able and not able to run on QEMU PPC:<div><br></div><div>- DEBIAN 5.0.5 PPC it works<br clear="all">- OPENSUSE 11.1 PPC it works</div><div><br></div><div>- FreeBSD 8.1 PPC hangs (see below details)</div>
<div>- NETBSD 5.0.2 PPC and PPC64 does not load with defaults (see below details)</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>- SLES 11 SP1 PPC does not load with defaults (see below details)</div>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>- AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 and 6.1 do not load (see below details)</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>
<br><br></div><div>Some time ago I remember that the &quot;working&quot; OSs  was more that now :-(</div><div>-- <br>Cordiali Saluti/Best Regards<br><br>Massimo Montecchi<br>Modena - Italy<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>DETAILS:</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>FreeBSD 8.1 PPC</div>
<div><br></div><div>&gt;&gt; =============================================================</div><div>&gt;&gt; OpenBIOS 1.0 [Aug 17 2010 14:41]</div><div>&gt;&gt; Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 2</div><div>
&gt;&gt; CPUs: 1</div><div>&gt;&gt; Memory: 1024M</div><div>&gt;&gt; UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPU type PowerPC,750</div><div>Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Aug 17 2010 14:41</div><div>
Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...</div><div>Consoles: Open Firmware console  </div><div><br></div><div>FreeBSD/powerpc Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1</div><div>(<a href="mailto:root@xserve.lan.xcllnt.net">root@xserve.lan.xcllnt.net</a>, Sun Jul 18 04:50:11 UTC 2010)</div>
<div>Memory: 1048576KB</div><div>Booted from: cd</div><div><br></div><div>Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf </div><div>/boot/kernel/kernel data=0x72c6b8+0x3e280 syms=[0x4+0x5ac10+0x4+0x7d8ad]</div><div>/</div><div>Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.</div>
<div>Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...               </div><div>Kernel entry at 0x100100 ...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>
NETBSD 5.0.2 (netbsd-ofppccd-5.0.2.iso) PPC64</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>C&gt;&gt; annot manage &#39;OHCI USB controller&#39; PCI device type &#39;usb&#39;:</div><div>&gt;&gt;  106b 3f (c 3 10)</div><div><br>
</div><div>&gt;&gt; =============================================================</div><div>&gt;&gt; OpenBIOS 1.0 [Aug 17 2010 14:41]</div><div>&gt;&gt; Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 3</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPUs: 1</div>
<div>&gt;&gt; Memory: 1024M</div><div>&gt;&gt; UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPU type PowerPC,970FX</div><div>Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Aug 17 2010 14:41</div><div>Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>NETBSD 5.0.2 (netbsd-ofppccd-5.0.2.iso) PPC</div><div><br></div><div>&gt;&gt; =============================================================</div>
<div>&gt;&gt; OpenBIOS 1.0 [Aug 17 2010 14:41]</div><div>&gt;&gt; Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 2</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPUs: 1</div><div>&gt;&gt; Memory: 1024M</div><div>&gt;&gt; UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</div>
<div>&gt;&gt; CPU type PowerPC,750</div><div>Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Aug 17 2010 14:41</div><div>Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>NETBSD 5.0.2 (netbsd-prepcd-5.0.2.iso) PPC</div><div><br></div><div>&gt;&gt; =============================================================</div><div>&gt;&gt; OpenBIOS 1.0 [Aug 17 2010 14:41]</div><div>&gt;&gt; Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 2</div>
<div>&gt;&gt; CPUs: 1</div><div>&gt;&gt; Memory: 1024M</div><div>&gt;&gt; UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPU type PowerPC,750</div><div>Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Aug 17 2010 14:41</div>
<div>Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...</div><div>&gt;&gt; Not a bootable ELF image</div><div>No valid state has been set by load or init-program</div><div><br></div><div>0 &gt; </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>SLES 11 SP1 PPC</div><div><br></div><div>&gt;&gt; =============================================================</div><div>&gt;&gt; OpenBIOS 1.0 [Aug 17 2010 14:41]</div><div>&gt;&gt; Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 2</div>
<div>&gt;&gt; CPUs: 1</div><div>&gt;&gt; Memory: 1024M</div><div>&gt;&gt; UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPU type PowerPC,750</div><div>Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Aug 17 2010 14:41</div>
<div>Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...</div><div>No valid state has been set by load or init-program</div><div><br></div><div>0 &gt; </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>AIX 4.3.3 PPC, AIX 5.1 PPC, AIX 6.1 PPC</div><div><br></div><div>&gt;&gt; =============================================================</div><div>&gt;&gt; OpenBIOS 1.0 [Aug 17 2010 14:41]</div><div>&gt;&gt; Configuration device id QEMU version 1 machine id 2</div>
<div>&gt;&gt; CPUs: 1</div><div>&gt;&gt; Memory: 1024M</div><div>&gt;&gt; UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</div><div>&gt;&gt; CPU type PowerPC,750</div><div>Welcome to OpenBIOS v1.0 built on Aug 17 2010 14:41</div>
<div>Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...</div><div><br></div></div>