[ale] Qemu experiences (or.....wow!)

[Trey Sizemore]

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:23:39 -0500 (EST)
"John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com> wrote:

> Guys,
> 
> Finally have a moment to catch my breath and provide further 
> information on my experience with qemu 
> (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/).
> 
> The subject line really says it all...wow!  After compiling the cvs
> version and installing the accelerator module, things have worked
> brilliantly.  So far, I've installed Windows XP and FreeBSD.  Both
> installs went more or less flawlessly...very nice.
> 
> Performance is very good with the accelerator module...very, very 
> usable. It's just a tad slower than Win4Lin 5, although likely this 
> is due to WinXP vs. Win98 more than anything else.  It's definitely 
> on par with VMWare/WinXP.
> 
> I'd recommend you give it a shot if you're interested in having a free
> alternative to VMWare.
> 
> As a side note, the new Win4Lin Pro product that adds Windows XP 
> support is actually built on top of Qemu.
> 
> Have fun. Let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> John
> 

I just installed this and want to give it a whirl.  Does it work like 
VMWare in that I can install Win2000 virtually and run from this 
machine?  If so, just a pointer or two on starting this up.

Thanks.

-- 
Cheers,
Trey
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