mikael jansson wrote:
> Anyway, I read in a /. comment about FreeMWare that BeOS didn't run satisfactory
> on VMWare because BeOS needed more resources than the host OS could deliver.
>
> Q. Do you've got any figures for the BeOS port to check with?
> Q. Will BeOS be supported as a *host* operating system?
I can't imagine any problems with BeOS being the host.
I'm not sure what the issues are for BeOS being a guest.
Likely it is pretty demanding of the hardware. What will
help is if someone takes the task of digging up what the
issues are with BeOS and VMware, and reports back here.
You are apppointed, head person-in-charge of compiling
such info. :^)
We may be able to either get around issues, or request
that the Be people add a few features, such as conditionally
not requiring certain hardware function when BeOS runs
inside virtualization.
Then, if we can get the IA32 chip vendors to add a CR4 bit
to turn on generating exceptions on a few naughty instructions
which look at system registers, we'll know we're making inroads...
-Kevin
