Are you in any way affiliated with VMWare? If you say "no" but you are then it's libel. Please send your reply directly to me because I don't think the list wants to listen to this.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Yasha Karant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [plex86] bochs 1.3 --> plex86? > 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 > > > > > > > > > > >
