Giorgos wrote: >> DON"T USE MICROSOFT'S VIRTUAL PC. Go to http://www.vmware.com and >> switch ASAP. A suggestion is that dosemu, which is free, might be >> better at supporting freedos than even vmware. Virtual PC is an >> inferior product compared to vmware. You can use an evaluation copy of >> workstation and then use player for free to run the virtual machine you >> created with workstation indefinitely. Windows 98SE, has Dos 7 >> underneath which is the last real version of MS-DOS, works very well >> in vmware-player and vmware-workstation. If you are interested in free >> software, WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU TRUSTING MICROSOFT CONTROLLED PRODUCTS >> TO TEST IT. Microsoft is a monopoly, Microsoft wants everyone to need >> Windows, need I say more? >> >> -- Michael C. Robinson >> > > Hi Michael! :-) > > Since you are more experienced than me in emulation, I have a question for > you. (I have FreeDOS installed at my HD, I don't know much for emulators). > > Which version of VMWARE do you recomend? Seems like there is a VMWARE server > available for free (free registration required). (Only support is $ware, but > there are user forums available also). There is also a beta page, for all > products, I don't know details. > > * So, do you have tested (or will you?) FreeDOS at the free server edition? > Is it better or worse (memory management and performance) than player only > edition? > > BTW, I show at VMWARE site many OS distributions for downloading. Is there a > FreeDOS one? > > Thanks!!! > Giorgos. :-) > I've had pretty good luck with bochs: http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
It at least boots FreeDOS (and MSDOS) fine and will manage to do a "SYS" to a simulated hard disk. It's a bit clunky to configure, but may be worth a look. And, it's open source (and free as in beer!). Mark Bailey ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
