On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:07:32 +1100 Alan L Tyree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:03:31 +1100 > Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 11:56 +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > > I'm in much the same position - I only need windows to run a > > > single application (Folio Views for use with some reseach CDs). I > > > have found qemu to be just fine for this limited use. > > > > Oh, you're using qemu without the accelerator? > > ( http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-accel.html btw, and hat > > tip to Jan for pointing it out) No problems with the performance? > > Could I ask how much CPU and RAM you're running it on? > > CPU = 2.4 > RAM = 52 Ooops. I doubt if it would run on that. Should be 512. > > It takes up to about 20% of CPU when I am actively using folio views. > About 150Mb of RAM. > > I like the way that you can copy the CD to the hard disk and then > instruct qemu to use the image instead of the CD. Runs quite quick > enough for what I need it for. I recommend it, but as I said, it is > for a very limited purpose on my machine. > > > > > > > > (Windows 98, which is the > > > only one that I have a licence for - and the main reason that I > > > switched to Linux!). > > > > :-) > > > > -- > > Pete > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > -- > Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 > Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
