Re: [Plex86-devel] Idea for running multiple OSs

[Drew Northup N1XIM]

This is all really cool--but it belongs elsewhere (unless you want to be
the one to write the Bochs/Plex86 ACPI support code).

--Drew Northup, N1XIM

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 05:31, Lucas Correia Villa Real wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There is already a software suspend project for Linux. The page is hosted at 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/swsusp.
> Anyway, although I am not a plex86 developer, this idea escapes from the 
> original one, that is, emulating some another operating system. The other OS 
> should have software suspend capabilities too, but even if this feature 
> should be implemented in another one, the OS will be running in native mode.
> There is no more emulation in this scene, and you lost a lot of interesting 
> features.
> Also, there should be a common shared memory (maybe a hard disk partition) 
> between the operating systems, in order to allow one to restore the another's 
> context. 
> 
> Lucas
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 26 February 2003 05:59, Cam wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I've followed the progress of plex86/freemware from the early days as a
> > lurker.
> >
> > Recently there seems to be a trend towards lightweight solutions instead
> > of full-blown virtualisation etc.
> >
> > I had an idea that might make it possible to switch between two OSs on
> > one machine, which would run both OSs at full speed with no compromises
> > over hardware access. It should enable windows games (for example) to be
> > runnable. I wanted to mention it on list because I think people here are
> > knowledgable and would know if there is some 'obvious' reason why it
> > would not work.
> >
> > Anyway here's the idea. Many machines can be suspended through the BIOS,
> > either to RAM or to disk. The linux BIOS project is a replacement BIOS
> > which could be modified at will. I wonder if it is possible to suspend
> > the state of the machine and resume to another state. Rather than
> > running concurrently, you would switch slowly between one OS and
> > another. But no reboots, and you get full hardware access...
> >
> > What do you think? Is it possible?
> >
> > - -Cam
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