Re: Windows under DosEmu
On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 03:45:15AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 04:03:30PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 06:56:30PM -0300, Nelson Posse Lago wrote:
> > > The basic trick for win95 is to create a 64Mb swap partition for linux and
> > > configure DOSEMU to report 64Mb of expanded/extended memory to
> > > applications. Then allow full direct access to the HP partition where
> > > win95 lives in. To switch from win95 to another Virtual Console, *first*
> > > open a "dos prompt" under windows and then try CRTL-ALT-Fx ; this probably
> > > has to do with the video mode.
> >
> > Are you saying that Win95 will run under Dosemu? Really? Please? :)
>
> Sure. And Linux does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
:)
> Oh, come on, guys. Win95 runs in ring 0, this is a no-no under Linux,
> because this is kernel mode. There is hardly any chance that Win32
> application will run under Wine or Twin willows soon.
Win95 can run under SCO, so it isn't impossible -- just a lot of work.
Jeff
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