RE: [Xen-users] (MS|DR|RX|TD)-DOS in domU

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Itamar Reis Peixoto [mailto:itamar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 04 April 2007 19:50
> To: Petersson, Mats; Michelle Konzack; Xen Users
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] (MS|DR|RX|TD)-DOS in domU
> 
> have you tried to run dos in qemu or bochs ?

I'm pretty sure that would work. 

Just for laughs, I downloaded an image-file with DOS 6.22, and it boots
fine under Xen on my machine with "fda='/images/dos622.img'" in the
config file. 

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Michelle Konzack" <linux4michelle@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Xen Users" 
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] (MS|DR|RX|TD)-DOS in domU
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Michelle Konzack
> > Sent: 04 April 2007 18:53
> > To: Xen Users
> > Subject: [Xen-users] (MS|DR|RX|TD)-DOS in domU
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > is it possibel to run DOS in a domU?
> >
> > I have the need for a Virtual-Machine to test
> > recoded embedded systems but "dosemu" has not the
> > same environement like a real virtual machine.
> 
> That should work just fine - at least as long as you either:
> 1. You use plain DOS with no "emm386" or similar "big memory" 
> features.
> 2. Have an AMD processor that supports real-mode in virtual machine -
> that way, emm386 and such should work too (emm386 uses 
> protected mode to
> map memory at high addresses and then reverts back to real-mode, and
> that's tricky business on Intel processors).
> 
> --
> Mats
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