And I posted it even further back :) Check my FreeMOS posting from way
back if there is an archive somewhere... I wanted for example 2 OSes to
run concurrently on 2 video-cards/screens and 2 harddisks etc, so selected
hardware could be hidden from one OS and given to another. But this is not
the aim of plex86 (FreeMWare back then).
Ketil
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Psyon wrote:
> 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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