I'm a big fan of qemu, but ever since vmware has been free, I've had no use for it, and can't see why anyone else would either, especially since vmware is still better, faster, and far easier to setup than qemu.
At 08:17 PM 6/28/2007, you wrote: >After hearing about qemu, I decided to take a look at it. I have it up >a running and it reminds me of dosemu, which I ran under Linux about the >time windows 95 came out. > >I hit a few bumps getting everything running, but after I got the >acceleration working it's not bad. Still, It's not nearly as mature as >VMware. Below are some of the thinks I hit in get gemu going. > > 1) I had to manually create the /dev/kqemu and set permissions to >666 before I could get kqemu acceleration going. > 2) There is very limited support for sound hardware. One of the >following sound cards must be installed before the gemu sound emulation >will work: > >sb16 Creative Sound Blaster 16 >es1370 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 > >This is not a big deal as I could disable the sound on the BIOS and buy >one of the above sound cards for $20.00 or $30.00. > >The graphic user interface not very helpful, so it is necessary to >toggle over to the command window for things like taking a snapshot, etc. > >Regards, > >LelandJ > > > > >Pete Theisen wrote: > > On Thursday 28 June 2007 12:04, Tracy Pearson wrote: > > > >> I just asked one of the people I knew "was" using the VMWare Player. He > >> said "QEMU is fast enough, and it seems to have more cool features, so I > >> stopped messing with vmware" > >> > >> I thought I'd ask if the NIC could be blocked from being seen by the guest > >> OS in QEMU. He says yes, and added to use "-net none" Indicates that no > >> network devices should be configured. > >> > > > > Hi Tracy! > > > > Thanks for the legwork! > > > > Looks like I can do what I want with QEMU, then. Just run over to > the memory > > store and get the memory. There goes the social security check for this > > month. But look at all the fun I will have trying to make this work! > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
