Subject: That Legendary PC/Windows Emulation
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Gabor Nyeki <bigmac@home.sirklabs.hu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/09/2003 21:39:08
Hello folks,

I have some Windows-specific software, so I thought wine will be good
enough for me.  I was wrong.
  The setup procedure started with the blue window, and never continued.
  Ok-ok, I thought I can try that pkgsrc/emulators/peace thingy.  Of
course, that didn't work, too. Peace is broken.
  I've heard that bochs is a really good, open source PC emulator.  I've
sucked a lot with the configuration file, but finished.  Then I wanted to
boot the Windows 98 install CD. After some minutes, I got the DOS prompt.
It couldn't see my CD driver - in spite of that I booted from CD -, and
last but not least it was VERY slow.
  VMware was my last choice.  I tried the 2.x and the 3.x version too.
2.x couldn't boot my virtual PC.  It cried for /proc/cpuinfo - which I
didn't know how to create (under /emul/linux of course).
3.x couldn't start.  I set up my rc scripts, ran the rc stuffs for VMware,
but it screamed because of version mismatch (modules are 30.0 and this
luckless shit expected 10.0, or something like this).

  So, any idea how to install that very simple language-instructor
software?


Thanks,
Gabor Nyeki.