[mdlug] Anyone with FreeDOS and Virtualbox Experience?

[Robert Adkins II]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm beginning to think that there is something wonky with the memory
configuration. The command mem /free is showing no upper memory is
available.

Another issue that could be related is that unlike the Windows XP machine,
the Windows 7 system is 64-bit. I believed that the virtual machine
environment might do a better job of hiding that from the client Virtualized
systems, but that may not be the case.



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Regards,
Robert

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Carl T. Miller
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:20 AM
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Anyone with FreeDOS and Virtualbox Experience?
> 
> Robert Adkins II wrote:
> >     One of the problems with this setup is that Virtual PC pegs the 
> > CPU utilization up to 100% when running FreeDOS (or any DOS 
> for that 
> > matter), depending primarily on the application being ran. 
> This isn't 
> > something that's great for the longevity of a CPU.
> 
> Hey Robert,
> 
> I'm not sure if this has anything to do with your current 
> problem, but DOS is known for eating all available CPU cycles 
> for keyboard input.  Have you tried running doskbd?  It's a 
> little utility from M$ that puts keyboard input on a CPU 
> diet.  I'd suggest giving it a try.
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186560
> 
> c
> 
> 
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