From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 679BB4843 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 16:43:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Helge Deller To: Zibing Yang , Jeremy Drake Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Can I run popular Linux software on parisc-linux? Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 00:43:09 +0200 Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <20020527215905.77842.qmail@web21201.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020527215905.77842.qmail@web21201.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200205280043.09939.deller@gmx.de> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Monday 27 May 2002 23:59, Zibing Yang wrote: > --- Jeremy Drake wrote: > > On Mon, 27 May 2002, Zibing Yang wrote: > > > > > I'm not aware of anyone trying to run an IA32 > > > > > > > > emulator on parisc-linux. > > > > > > > > fyi, bochs compiled from CVS sources (with small > > > > modifications) worked > > > > for me. > > > > > > Helge, can you provide more information about your > > > computer running Bochs? Are you able to run, for > > > example, windows 98, install stardard > > > > windows-based > > > > > softwares? How's the speed compared to the same > > > software run on PC+windows? Why didn't use wine? > > > I am still heavily relying on windows-based > > > > software > > > > > everyday, so would love to install a > > > > windows-emulator > > > > > on my hp workstation. > > > Thanks a lot. > > > zibing > > > > I also tried bochs on my parisc machine. It works > > ok, although slow. I > > installed NT 4 in it. I had a few problems, but I > > was able to work around > > them. > > > > The reason that wine won't work is that wine is just > > a windows system call > > emulator. The program executes on the cpu, and I'm > > sure that none of your > > windows programs will run on a parisc cpu :) > > How about plex86? Quote from the plex86 homepage (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/plex86): "Note:If you want to run IA-32 on a non-IA-32 architecture, then bochs is the project that you want to checkout--look for them over at SourceForge." > Plex 86, bochs and wine are all listed on > http://packages.debian.org/testing/allpackages.html. > I am confused because I thought all packages listed > there ought to work with parisc. No, it's just a collection of _all_ source packages available. Not all will run on any platform, e.g. there's normally no reason to get lilo for PA-RISC, where you have to use the palo bootloader. Last time I tried bochs was ~ 4 months back. I used it on a C3000 (400 MHz PA 2.0 CPU, UP) and if it's speed was comparable as an 486 class CPU -iirc. Greetings, Helge