Hi guys,

i myself prefer qemu which seems(imho) faster bochs, gpl and for linux
hosts now they have what they call kvm - http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki
this feature can be found on mainline linux kernel(2.6.20+)
but you will need a recent intel or amd processor, kvm uses intel's vt
instruction
or amd-v  instructions, also if you don't have a really recent
processor don't worry
they have kqemu a module that works on windows or linux and speedup qemu
sometimes 5x... another important thing is that qemu is really simple
for example

"qemu -m ram -boot boot-device -fda flp -hda hd -cdrom cdrom.iso
-localtime -soundhw all -usb"

ram -> how much ram you want to allocate
boot-device -> a for floppy, c for (real)hdd or images, d for
cdrom(real or virtual)
flp -> name of virtual or real floppy
hd -> name of virtual or real hdd
cdrom.iso -> name of virtual or real cdrom
-localtime -> to get your system time
-soundhw all -> to support audio
-usb -> to support usb

i advise you to use qemu, give it a chance :P

qemu - www.qemu.org
kvm - http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki

Regards,

Geraldo

On 14/03/07, Mark Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Giorgos wrote:
> >> DON"T USE MICROSOFT'S VIRTUAL PC.  Go to http://www.vmware.com and
> >> switch ASAP.  A suggestion is that dosemu, which is free, might be
> >> better at supporting freedos than even vmware.  Virtual PC is an
> >> inferior product compared to vmware.  You can use an evaluation copy of
> >> workstation and then use player for free to run the virtual machine you
> >> created with workstation indefinitely.  Windows 98SE, has Dos 7
> >> underneath which is the last real version of MS-DOS, works very well
> >> in vmware-player and vmware-workstation.  If you are interested in free
> >> software, WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU TRUSTING MICROSOFT CONTROLLED PRODUCTS
> >> TO TEST IT.  Microsoft is a monopoly, Microsoft wants everyone to need
> >> Windows, need I say more?
> >>
> >>     --  Michael C. Robinson
> >>
> >
> > Hi Michael! :-)
> >
> > Since you are more experienced than me in emulation, I have a question for
> > you. (I have FreeDOS installed at my HD, I don't know much for emulators).
> >
> > Which version of VMWARE do you recomend? Seems like there is a VMWARE server
> > available for free (free registration required). (Only support is $ware, but
> > there are user forums available also). There is also a beta page, for all
> > products, I don't know details.
> >
> > * So, do you have tested (or will you?) FreeDOS at the free server edition?
> > Is it better or worse (memory management and performance) than player only
> > edition?
> >
> > BTW, I show at VMWARE site many OS distributions for downloading. Is there a
> > FreeDOS one?
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> > Giorgos. :-)
> >
> I've had pretty good luck with bochs:  http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
>
> It at least boots FreeDOS (and MSDOS) fine and will manage to do a "SYS"
> to a simulated hard disk.  It's a bit clunky to configure, but may be
> worth a look.
>
> And, it's open source (and free as in beer!).
>
> Mark Bailey
>
>
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