I actually posted a note about this a while back. I was going to research it then
decided it would be easier to make a special linux distro that spawed copies of
Plex86 using SVGA Libs or something. Also someone mentioned the MIT mikrokernel
that will supposedly let you run applications from multiple os's
Luke-Jr wrote:
> k... First of all... OUCH! I seem to be getting everything times 2 now... :-(
> Heh... The disk is 6.4 Gig. ;-P
> I wonder if there's any company with a VM program that starts at boot-time
> (instead of an OS) and runs operating systems that you can switch between with
> customizable keycodes (such as Ctrl-Alt-SHIFT-F1 for Linux and Ctrl-Alt-SHIFT-F2
> for Windows) and has more options...
> For example, I'd like to "share" devices as much as possible (like the mouse,
> keyboard, screen, etc...), but for things that the program doesn't know how to
> share (video capture card) to give me an option of what OS gets it... Something
> like this would probably be /SIGNIFICANTLY/ faster since it would all be running
> without any overlay...
> Hmm... I wonder if that's a possible idea for the future of Plex86??? ;-P
>
> James Mastros wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 04:16:44PM -0500, Luke-Jr wrote:
> > > Hey! Don't say that's the only problem! It's /WAY/ too slow too...
> > > What is Plex86's speed compared to VMWare? I haven't gotten it to run yet
> > > because of a few questions I'll put further in this msg... Windows 98 takes
> > > 20+ minutes to boot in VMWare...
> > At this point, plex86 is terribly slow. It is hoped that this can be
> > improved upon soon. If someone has given you another impression, then there
> > was a problem of understanding somewhere. It should get faster soon.
> >
> > > Main question so far: How can I run a partition (/dev/hdb1)?
> > If the _disk_ is larger then around 512MB, you can't. If it's not, then
> > TRY this: in your plex86.conf (or equiv), find the diskc line, and set it up
> > like this:
> > bochs-opt diskc: file=/dev/hdb, cyl=2495, heads=255, spt=63
> > Only with the correct cyl/heads/spt for your drive. Use the values that
> > your BIOS has, or look at /proc/ide/hdb/geometry (use the logical values, I
> > think -- if that doesn't work, try the physical).
> >
> > (You'll never use a partition with plex86, only a whole disk. Somebody
> > please correct me if I'm wrong on this.)
> >
> > > And if Windows 95 runs in Plex86, then what is stopping Windows 98? I can't
> > > think of any hardware changes between 95 and 98...
> > It should work. I don't think anybody has stepped up either way.
> >
> > -=- James Mastros
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