[nos-bbs] Jnos & windows

[Bob Nielsen]

On Apr 28, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote:

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> Bob Nielsen wrote:
>> I suppose one could run Linux *NOS on a Windows box using VMware.
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> Does Linux (and thus *NOS underneath) have a TCP/IP connection to  
> the Windows system?   Who gets the NIC?  Do they share?   VMware -  
> yet another nifty tool to check out.
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It's been several years since I have run VMware (and it was the Linux  
version), but I recall that it emulated a NIC, sharing the connection  
with the physical NIC.  Looking at the web site it appears you can  
also set it up for a bridged connection with a separate IP.  I think  
the Workstation version would be the one to use, but it's pricey  
($189 for the download version).  The performance is quite a bit  
slower than running Linux natively.  I would prefer an old 486  or  
Pentium 1 running Linux, but it should work.

There are quite a few other emulators (some are free) around.   
Perhaps Bochs would even work.

Bob Nielsen, N7XY