bochs v. vmware

2002-09-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:07:27PM -0700, nate wrote: > some may even require use of vmware/bochs/etc to run .. Is bochs anywhere near as user-friendly as vmware yet? -- Baloo msg02812/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-21 Thread Andy Saxena
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:21:36AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:07:27PM -0700, nate wrote: > > some may even require use of vmware/bochs/etc to run .. > > Is bochs anywhere near as user-friendly as vmware yet? Nope, not by a long shot. Also, vmware is

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 12:29:57PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:21:36AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:07:27PM -0700, nate wrote: > > > some may even require use of vmware/bochs/etc to run .. > > > > Is bochs any

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-21 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Vmware let's you run an operating system compiled for i386 (intel) on i386. It only simulates an interface to the hardware. So that you can run windows for i386 on linux for i386. While bochs actually emulates the i386 so that you can run windows for i386 on something like a sun sparc.

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-25 Thread Leandro Guimar
e: > > > > some may even require use of vmware/bochs/etc to run .. > > > > > > Is bochs anywhere near as user-friendly as vmware yet? > > > > Bochs is described as a PC emulator, while vmware is virtual > > machine software. I don't know the difference

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:10:51AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Sep 25, 2002, Leandro Guimar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Em Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:40:23 +0100, > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > > Bochs emulates individual machine instruc

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
Johnson wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:07:27PM -0700, nate wrote: > > > > > some may even require use of vmware/bochs/etc to run .. > > > > > > > > Is bochs anywhere near as user-friendly as vmware yet? > > > > > > Bo

Re: bochs v. vmware

2002-09-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > > > Bochs emulates individual machine instructions in software. VMware lets > > > > the processor handle those as normal, but traps accesses to hardware > > > > devices and emulates just those in software. > > > > > &g

running another OS on plex86 [was Re: bochs v. vmware]

2002-09-25 Thread Andy Saxena
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 10:27:34AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I stand corrected. > > Citations help. From the Plex86 information page: > > http://www.plex86.org/info.phtml > > What is Plex86? > > The goal of the Plex86 p

Re: running another OS on plex86 [was Re: bochs v. vmware]

2002-09-25 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:42:29 -0400 Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So who's the brave soul who's managed to run another OS on plex86? How > easy has it been? I'll be finding out in the next few days, possibly tonight. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: running another OS on plex86 [was Re: bochs v. vmware]

2002-10-02 Thread Andy Saxena
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 01:42:27PM -0500, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:42:29 -0400 Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So who's the brave soul who's managed to run another OS on plex86? How > > easy has it been? > > I'll be finding out in the next few days, possibly t

Re: running another OS on plex86 [was Re: bochs v. vmware]

2002-10-02 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:22:45 -0400 Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should I assume that your quest continues? :-} Yea, nothing firm yet. Having some difficulties with configuring it. I'll try more this weekend, got caught up in a few projects for work. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNS