Emulation...

[Rick Langschultz]

I have recently been reviewing the DosEmu thread on the list. Here is  
my concern, why not try doing something like XEN for reactos. CMD.exe  
could interact with all of the XENed hardware and software. One major  
feature this would be great for is if someone needed to utilize a  
EXT3 disk image or hard drive from ReactOS in the future all they  
would have to do is pop open the cmd prompt and cd to a virtual hard  
drisk something like C:\Volumes\HDA1\ would be equal to / on the  
linux volume. A system service would also need to be implemented for  
starting the other os on command, but that is only a suggestion...

Rick

[Brandon Turner]

GvG is working to make ReactOS work with Xen already.

Brandon

Rick Langschultz wrote:

>   I have recently been reviewing the DosEmu thread on
> the list. Here is  
>  my concern, why not try doing something like XEN for reactos. CMD.exe  
>  could interact with all of the XENed hardware and software. One major  
>  feature this would be great for is if someone needed to utilize a  
>  EXT3 disk image or hard drive from ReactOS in the future all they  
>  would have to do is pop open the cmd prompt and cd to a virtual hard  
>  drisk something like C:\Volumes\HDA1\ would be equal to / on the  
>  linux volume. A system service would also need to be implemented for  
>  starting the other os on command, but that is only a suggestion...
>
>  Rick
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[Jan Jezabek]

Brandon Turner wrote:
>   GvG is working to make ReactOS work with Xen already.
>  
>  Brandon
>  
>  Rick Langschultz wrote:
>  
> > I have recently been reviewing the DosEmu thread on the list. Here is  
> > my concern, why not try doing something like XEN for reactos. CMD.exe  
> > could interact with all of the XENed hardware and software. One major  
> > feature this would be great for is if someone needed to utilize a  
> > EXT3 disk image or hard drive from ReactOS in the future all they  
> > would have to do is pop open the cmd prompt and cd to a virtual hard  
> > drisk something like C:\Volumes\HDA1\ would be equal to / on the  
> > linux volume. A system service would also need to be implemented for  
> > starting the other os on command, but that is only a suggestion...
> >
> > Rick
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> >
> > 
Also there is coLinux, which ideally should run on Reactos too. And - if 
you're only concerned with source-level compatibility, there's Cygwin.

Regards,
JJ

[Ged Murphy]

Brandon Turner wrote:
>   GvG is working to make ReactOS work with Xen already.
>
>  Brandon
>
>  Rick Langschultz wrote:
>
> > I have recently been reviewing the DosEmu thread on the list. Here 
> > is  my concern, why not try doing something like XEN for reactos. 
> > CMD.exe  could interact with all of the XENed hardware and software. 
> > One major  feature this would be great for is if someone needed to 
> > utilize a  EXT3 disk image or hard drive from ReactOS in the future 
> > all they  would have to do is pop open the cmd prompt and cd to a 
> > virtual hard  drisk something like C:\Volumes\HDA1\ would be equal to 
> > / on the  linux volume. A system service would also need to be 
> > implemented for  starting the other os on command, but that is only a 
> > suggestion...
> >
> > Rick
> > 
I don't think that is what Rick was referring to.

[TwoTailedFox]

Rick is referring to passing through mounted volumes, in other
formats, to a DOS Subsystem, I believe.


On 11/29/05, Ged Murphy <gedmurphy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>   Brandon Turner wrote:
> >   GvG is working to make ReactOS work with Xen
> > already.
> >
> >  Brandon
> >
> >  Rick Langschultz wrote:
> >
> > > I have recently been reviewing the DosEmu thread on the list. Here
> > > is  my concern, why not try doing something like XEN for reactos.
> > > CMD.exe  could interact with all of the XENed hardware and software.
> > > One major  feature this would be great for is if someone needed to
> > > utilize a  EXT3 disk image or hard drive from ReactOS in the future
> > > all they  would have to do is pop open the cmd prompt and cd to a
> > > virtual hard  drisk something like C:\Volumes\HDA1\ would be equal to
> > > / on the  linux volume. A system service would also need to be
> > > implemented for  starting the other os on command, but that is only a
> > > suggestion...
> > >
> > > Rick
> > > 
>  I don't think that is what Rick was referring to.
>
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[Rick Langschultz]

yes i want to be able to configure my cmd.exe to access my xfs or  
ext3 volumes on reactos without rebooting... This would be  
accomplished through... Maybe a XEN service that creates a virtual  
drive that can be mounted and unmounted on the fly, and can be  
modified with explorer or cmd itself. There also needs to be a  
configuration utility that allows the user to pick and choose with  
partitions, or devices that will or won't be mounted. as far as  
running commands, it would be unsafe for a user to mount a startup  
volume (Linux) with several servers or services running because of  
unclean mounts and data corruption. So a tray icon, or a controller  
app can kill the XENed hardware cleanly.

Mac OS X does this rather well with its Classic Interfacing... That  
is what I currently am using to do most of my programming anyway.  
That is where I got the idea for the tray icon.
On Nov 29, 2005, at 2:05 PM, TwoTailedFox wrote:

>   Rick is referring to passing through mounted volumes,
> in other
>  formats, to a DOS Subsystem, I believe.
>
>
>  On 11/29/05, Ged Murphy <gedmurphy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >   Brandon Turner wrote:
> > >   GvG is working to make ReactOS work with Xen
> > > already.
> > >
> > >  Brandon
> > >
> > >  Rick Langschultz wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have recently been reviewing the DosEmu thread on the list. Here
> > > > is  my concern, why not try doing something like XEN for reactos.
> > > > CMD.exe  could interact with all of the XENed hardware and  
> > > > software.
> > > > One major  feature this would be great for is if someone needed to
> > > > utilize a  EXT3 disk image or hard drive from ReactOS in the future
> > > > all they  would have to do is pop open the cmd prompt and cd to a
> > > > virtual hard  drisk something like C:\Volumes\HDA1\ would be  
> > > > equal to
> > > > / on the  linux volume. A system service would also need to be
> > > > implemented for  starting the other os on command, but that is  
> > > > only a
> > > > suggestion...
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > > > 
> >  I don't think that is what Rick was referring to.
> >
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