Re: An Idea...

Joel Jaeggli (joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu)
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:13:35 -0800 (PST)


> There are a variety of emulators for Win95/Linux. I've never seen a Linux
> emulator for windows, and I can't see why you'd want one.

Bochs should be able to do this...

http://www.bochs.com/whatisbochs.html#Platforms

> If you wanted
> to run a Linux app from winblows you'd have to install the linux version
> on the dos partition. Either way its a nice idea that would take an
> extremely long and painful task. The benefits are far outweighed by the
> technicalities.
>
> ~~Kev
>
> On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, J. Patrick Narkinsky wrote:
>
> >
> > Over the weekend, an idea occurred to me that I would be interested in
> > developing. Unfortunately, I know squat about kernel programming --
> > hence, I am looking for opinions.
> >
> > Basically, the idea would be to write a version of Linux that would run
> > under Windows* as a regular process. Conceptually, this would be a lot
> > like running under a micro-kernel, except that the kernel would be Win32,
> > not Mach or whatever.
> >
> > The obvious first question: is this possible? I'm sure something could be
> > done with ELKS or similar, but I don't want a dumbed down version -- I
> > want something that I could run say WordPerfect for Linux on. What
> > restrictions would something like this be subject to?
> >
> > The obvious second question: why would I want this? Basically, I work in
> > an organization that is very MS-centric and would like to have access to
> > my preferred environment at work. Unfortunately, I have to run several
> > Microsoft packages, cannot afford to reboot from linux, and can't get a
> > second computer. On the other hand, if this concept could be made to work
> > well, I could run Linux in a Window on my NT box and switch back and forth
> > seemlessly.
> >
> > Another good use would be to demonstrate linux for newbies. This would be
> > very nice -- most people, once they try Linux, don't go back. The problem
> > is that just trying it can be a stiff hurdle for the less technically
> > adept.
> >
> > Finally, what would be involved in doing this? Obviously, if I'm going to
> > have to re-write, from scratch, the scheduler, the mm code, etc. then its
> > hardly worth-while. On the other hand, if I just need to implement a fake
> > frame buffer, use UMSDOS and give up on direct hardware, that's doable.
> >
> > Opinions? (No flames, please)
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > --
> > J. Patrick Narkinsky
> > patrick@narkinsky.ml.org
> >
> > "It is so stupid of modern society to have given up believing in the
> > devil when he is the only explanation for it." -- Ronald Knox
> >
> >
> >
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