Re: [coLinux-devel] potentially bad idea

[Eric S. J. <es...@ha...>]

keksov wrote:

> IMHO,  as soon as you have the same kernel version under real Linux and may live
> without  device  drivers  apart  bare  minimum  under coLinux/Windows you'll not
> notice  any  significant  difference under both instances of your Linux's boots.

I three-quarters understand what you mean.  What I am hearing is that I 
can run the same kernel both as a guest and native.  The only difference 
is the device drivers.  This is what gets puzzling.  It sounds like 
under cooperative Linux, I use a different set of device drivers than 
under native operations.  Is that correct?  For example, to access the 
CD-ROM, I would use two different sets of drivers.

> 
>>From technical point of view it's possible, e.g. I have tried exactly the same
> configuration and it worked fine. In other words - dual boot of your raw Linux
> installation is possible. The rest depends on your needs.

somewhat more clarification is needed.  For example, I want to use 
gentoo.  Would I start the installation in native mode or in host/guest 
mode?  I suspect I would need to install native and then convert to 
cooperative Linux.

I also suspect I will need to wait given what I've heard about 2.6 
support.  Unfortunately, I really need the sound system support.

but I will be paying attention.  This system has some exciting 
possibilities for enhancing handicap accessibility for Linux.  The big 
challenge I'm facing is "how do I make speech recognition work on/with 
Linux".  Today, it's pretty primitive and requires two machines or a 
continuing investment in VMware.  Cooperative Linux, holds out the 
possibility of providing a platform where that is not such a big issue.

Of course, ideally I should be able to run this crap under wine but the 
installer problems are quite persistent.  So we're focusing on making a 
bridge so that when speech recognition reaches Linux, the infrastructure 
will be ready for real and not a system created by people whose hands 
work and really don't understand the problems we face.

> Sure,  under coLinux you'll not get native graphical console but there were some
> workarounds mentioned here in the list not far from now, just search archive.

np, startx works for me.

thanks for the information.

--- eric