davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) (05/01/89)
Hi, This may be a silly question, but, I've got a few MS/PC-DOS applications that I would like to run under SCO Xenix. Is this possible? If so, how? Thanks in advance. Dave -- davek@lakesys.lakesys.com -OR- uunet!marque!lakesys!davek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity. 'Round the cathedral rang 'Vivat!' Life to the everlasting Cat!" --'Cats'
ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (05/01/89)
In article <587@lakesys.UUCP> davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes: >Hi, >This may be a silly question, but, I've got a few MS/PC-DOS applications that >I would like to run under SCO Xenix. Is this possible? If so, how? A more appropriate venue for the question would be comp.unix.xenix. If you have 8086 or 80286 SCO Xenix, you can partition your hard disk and run either Xenix or MSDOS, but not both at the same time. You can access MSDOS files under Xenix (fast for reads, terribly slow for writes), but not vice versa. If you have 80386 SCO Xenix, for extra money you can get a bridge program that allows MSDOS to run as a task under Xenix. If you read comp.unix.xenix, you will see frequent postings on the problems of making this work. It does appear to be getting better, but is still not for the casual user. Earl H. Kinmonth History Department University of California, Davis 916-752-1636 (voice, fax [2300-0800 PDT]) 916-752-0776 secretary ucbvax!ucdavis!ucdked!cck
mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) (05/02/89)
In article <587@lakesys.UUCP> davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes: >Hi, >This may be a silly question, but, I've got a few MS/PC-DOS applications that >I would like to run under SCO Xenix. Is this possible? If so, how? Well, that all depends upon the type of machine you are running. SCO offers a product called "VP/ix" which allows you to run MS-DOS under Xenix. However, these caveats apply: - Requires 80386 - Better have at least 2 meg in that machine for starters. - Better be prepared to crash your machine frequently. That last statment was not tongue in cheek. It is a fact. VP/ix has an annoying tendency to crash to the computer. This is partially due to the fact that it has lots of Hooks directly into the kernel to do what it does. It also runs SUID root. Don't get me wrong, it is a miracle that it does what it does as well as it does it. I just wish it didn't crash so much. What I am trying to say is: "Don't depend on SCO VP/ix. It's not stable enough." -- Michael R. Johnston System Administrator {decvax!mergvax!,cmcl2!hombre!} lilink!mikej LILINK Public Access Xenix (516) 872-2137/2138/2349 1200/2400 Login: new
davidsen@sungod.steinmetz (William Davidsen) (05/04/89)
In article <620@lilink.UUCP> mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) writes: | - Requires 80386 true | | - Better have at least 2 meg in that machine for starters. very true | | - Better be prepared to crash your machine frequently. We must be doing something wrong. I run VP/ix on two machines, and several friends here run it, and of all the problems we have had crashing the system is not among them. I have had a lot of games and other really ill-behaved programs not run, and some stuff which wants to use the standard (or non) hardware fail, but the the system has stayed up. Solidly. In all cases. We run windows, pagemaker, manuscript, 1-2-3, etc and the usual assortment of utilities. We run almost all programs from console, so there may be bugs in the terminal access code. | | That last statment was not tongue in cheek. It is a fact. VP/ix has an | annoying tendency to crash to the computer. This is partially due to the | fact that it has lots of Hooks directly into the kernel to do what it does. | It also runs SUID root. I strongly suggest that you try it. For even moderately well-behaved programs it has been adequate, and in no case has it hurt the system overall. VP/ix supports LIM memory, I am told that DOSmerge doesn't, although I don't have access to the 386 version to see. bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me