Hi, On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Santiago Almenara <almen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have re-discovered Qemu after using Virtualbox for FreeDOS for a couple of > years. Since qemu is mostly for command-line use (I don't use any laucher > yet) > > I'd like to ask what are the options you usually use in Qemu. > > My options are: > > qemu-system.i386 -localtime -hda freedos.img -m 64 -soundhw sb16,adlib,pcspk
I'm not sure sound emulation is very stable. I'd rather recommend DOSBox for that. "-m 64" is fairly low. I usually leave it default (unless needing more), which is "-m 128". But even that is fairly low. Hey, you're already on x64, give it 512 MB! ;-) > Some thoughts: > > - Are any additional options I should use for DOS?? "-net nic,model=pcnet -net user" is good if you already have (included in FD 1.2) PCNTPK. So that's good for mTCP (FTP), Watt-32 (Links2), etc. "-drive file=fat:rw:/myfiles/dos" is weak but good in a pinch. Nothing else obvious sticks out as worth mentioning. > - My system is a Linux 64-bits, but I am not sure if I should use either > qemu-system-i386 or qemu-system-x64. Isn't there a (Debian?) "kvm" script? IIRC, all that it does is use x64 and "-enable-kvm". (That's assuming you have VT-X. One site recommends this: egrep "(vmx|svm)" /proc/cpuinfo ) Otherwise, since you're on x64 anyways, just use the x64 version (unless you know otherwise). No idea which is better for DOS (or faster or more compatible or ...). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
