Hi Rugxulo et al., On 6/29/2016 1:03 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Abe Mishler <a...@mishlerlabs.com> wrote: >> >> On 6/28/2016 7:55 PM, Rugxulo wrote: >>> >>> I would recommend you (also) test under QEMU if you're that worried or >>> want (potentially) better stability. >>> >> QEMU, while about 10x slower (on Win 8.1 amd64 host), ran perfectly. >> Thank you for the suggestion. Perhaps there are some optimizations that >> I don't know about... > > Not sure about improving speed, esp. on Windows. There used to be > kqemu for older versions (0.9.0?), but that's been discontinued. > On the page that you sent regarding QEMU Binaries for Windows, it says: "QEMU for Windows is experimental software and might contain even serious bugs, so use the binaries at your own risk."
Since QEMU is more mature on linux right now, I installed Xubuntu 16.04 LTS inside VirtualBox (5.0.24 now) and then QEMU inside of that. FreeDOS is much peppier inside of this configuration. I will probably get another HD for a native Xubuntu install and skip the VBox on Win 8.1 layer altogether. Side note: Since VBox was updated to 5.0.24 during this thread I decided to try a new installation of FreeDOS with it but had the same problem. > Anyways, VBox itself is allegedly partially based upon QEMU, but it's Yes, the VBox developer FAQ makes that claim: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ > not true that QEMU is always slower. At least one thing I was running > was faster under QEMU (+ Linux) than VBox (+ Win7), even without VT-X. > But that could be because of many different reasons. Using VT-X (which > for QEMU means using KVM variant instead) obviously increases speed > even further. > > But nothing beats running natively (on real hardware). > You're right about that. As Ulrich mentioned earlier, he uses screencast software to capture what he's doing. I'm interested in doing the same so I think FreeDOS in QEMU on linux is the way to go (for me, at this time). Thanks to everyone for joining the discussion and sharing your knowledge with me. I learned a lot and consider my problem resolved. On to the next... Best, Abe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
