Yeah, we've talked about this no less than five times since the inception of
this project. I'm still game for it....., but most likely not on
x86(Natively)--and most likely a couple more semesters down the road when I
have the time........
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Psyon
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:41 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plex86] Re: (no subject given)
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>
> Sorry, it is exokernel not microkernel
> http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/exo.html
>
> Luke-Jr wrote:
>
> > Really??? Unfortunately, all the search results for "MIT
> mikrokernel" come up
> > non-English......
> >
> > 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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