Except for the rather high licensing fee for VMWare, I do not understand your problems. I have VMWare working under Linux to run MS garbage on a VM, and it works fine. My experience with a test of VMWare server is similar.
Both Bochs and Plex86 are at best beta, and neither is nearly as "fast" for the execution speed of applications on the VM (or emulation in the case of Bochs). With Kevin "gone", it is likely that both of these will stagnate in the hands of amateurs unless GNU or the like takes over. Yasha Karant > > Hi all, > > I'm the director of r&d at an online learning company...we attempt to > provide real tools to online students in addition to interactive > learning materials (basically as an application service provider.) > Naturally (as I'm looking to provide root access on real operating > systems, routers, etc.) I came across plex86, and later bochs (after a > futile battle with a similar commercial product...Vapor MWare :) > > I've (finally) gotten Bochs 1.3pre1 functioning and gotten Linux installed > with networking support on a VM. My only complaint is that of > performance...I want to run a lot of lightweight VM's simultaneously. > >From what I understand, that's where Plex86 comes in...I should get more > performance out of my VM's.?? I'll be attempting the transition to plex > from Bochs starting tomorrow (on a Dell poweredge 2550 dual 1GHz, 2GB > ram...Linux 2.4.5.) > > If you don't mind, I'd like to ask if there's anything I should look > out for. If I understand this correctly, my bochs disk images should work > under Plex86...but does that hold true if my bochs image is from bochs1.3? > > Also, I've found the patch provided by Bogdan Diaconescu, Jun 2001 on the > mailing list archives. Is this still the appropriate way to configure > ne2000 support (I don't see it as a configure argument in the CVS version > I have)? > > Also, as I'm going through my configuration process, I'd be happy to > contribute to the documentation of plex (it needs it, as does bochs IMHO > :) Who would be the appropriate person for me to coordinate with? > > Thanks in advance! > Kendell > > > >
