From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jacob Gorm Hansen Subject: Re: (free)dos under xen Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:58:00 -0800 Message-ID: <42114918.2080802@diku.dk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: James Harper Cc: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org James Harper wrote: > I may have already asked this a while ago... would it be possible for > dos (free or ms) to run under xen, or does it have to be 'protected' > mode operating system? > > And if dos worked, what are the chances of getting some of the 386 > extender (dos4gw if I remember correctly) style games working? Or is > that precisely the thing that would need to be recompiled to work under > xen? > > If only real mode dos could work, how easy would it be to modify the xen > scheduler to simulate a much slower machine? > hi, if what you want is a slower machine, why not just use Bochs? Jacob ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click