From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Travis Newman Subject: Re: (free)dos under xen Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:15:17 -0500 Message-ID: <42117755.70900@gmail.com> 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: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Just use dosbox. Very capable. I played Quake under it just to test it out (spent most of my time there playing Crystal Caves) or if you're looking for more than games, dosemu. 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? > >Thanks > >James > > >------------------------------------------------------- >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_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Xen-devel mailing list >Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------- 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