Hi, On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > >> Are there any hints to install FreeDOS inside a Qemu box? I'm trying >> this right now, but the installation process is damn slow. This is >> the Qemu command line: > > Well Qemu emulates everything, including the CPU, as far as I > remember - you could try Dosemu (if you use Linux or BSD) as > that only emulates the I/O hardware such as the graphics card.
I don't think DOSEMU runs on *BSD anymore. But yes, it's faster as it uses V86 mode, but it's Linux only (though i686 or AMD64). QEMU 1.0 is latest version from a month ago, are you using that? Or older? What host OS? What cpu? It's going to be slower as they long ago dropped support for kqemu (kernel acceleration). You could probably try one of the various forks, e.g. Xen, KVM, VirtualBox (as, IIRC, they all are based upon it somewhat). If your cpu supports any kind of VT-X (2006 on up, esp. AMD machines), that would greatly help too. >> qemu -cdrom ~/.qemu/fdbasecd.iso -hda ~/.qemu/freedos.img -boot >> order=c,once=d -m 31M -k pt-br -soundhw sb16 -M pc -smp 1 -cpu >> pentium -name FreeDOS -sdl >> >> I've tried several values to -cpu, including qemu32/64, pentium, >> 486, core2duo; and also raise the -m value up to default (128M). > > Having a lot of RAM will not hurt, but 128 MB is really enough... Heh. Depends on what you want to run. But I don't think any of that will affect the speed much. > Also, you can try to NOT use emm386 and to NOT install USB and/or > network drivers: With the FreeDOS 1.0 ISO, I remember that those > two were very slow in detecting hardware etc. Another thing that > you can try is using Bernd's preview of FreeDOS 1.1 which is much > more up to date, including much newer drivers - thanks Bernd! :-) I wouldn't try a "FULL" install if you're too impatient. Honestly, "damn slow" sounds like an exaggeration, how long is it taking? 30 minutes? More than an hour? Just be patient. I know that's not what you want to hear, but it's either that or try something else (VMware Player? Bernd and Eduardo prefer that). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
