Re: [Freedos-devel] Installer NLS Questions

[thraex <th...@nu...>]

On 31.12.2021 15:32, Jerome Shidel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>> On Dec 31, 2021, at 5:03 AM, Emir SARI via Freedos-devel
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have been making the final tests for the installer in Turkish, and
>> have some questions below.
>>
>> Also, the installation process seems to be pretty slow on QEMU. I have
>> used qemu-system-i386 -m 32m -drive
>> file=drivec.img,media=disk,format=raw -drive
>> file=FD13LIVE.iso,media=cdrom -boot order=d command. Any suggestions
>> for improving the speed are welcome.

I have the same problem with AQEMU, it's really slow compared to
VirtualBox (and I couldn't get the network to work) and the mouse
pointer moves very fast, it's hard to control. But it has PC speaker
emulation that VirtualBox seems to lack, which is nice.

My command line parameters are:
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -monitor stdio \
    -soundhw pcspk \
    -k fr \
    -machine accel=kvm \
    -m 128 \
    -cdrom /home/tizizi/DEV0LIVE.iso \
    -hda /home/tizizi/.aqemu/RC5_HDA.img \
    -boot order=adc,menu=on \
    -net nic \
    -net user \
    -rtc base=localtime \
    -name "RC5"

> While the installer (FDI) is not fast, the main issue is your whole VM
> is really slow. I could even see the initial boot menu drawing each
> line. I think most of the “slowness” your experiencing is video related.
> You really want to enable some sort of acceleration. Jim has shared his
> invocation of QEMU a couple times. I think the command line may be
> longer than "War and Piece". 
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/36905969/
> <https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/36905969/>

On Ubuntu 20.04.3, I'm getting

$ qemu-system-i386 -name FreeDOS -machine
pc-i440fx-4.1,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -cpu host -m 64
-overcommit mem-lock=off -no-user-config -nodefaults -rtc
base=utc,driftfix=slew -no-hpet -boot menu=on,strict=on -device qxl-vga
-display sdl -device sb16 -device adlib -hda /home/tizizi/freedos.img
-cdrom /home/tizizi/DEV0LIVE.iso -sandbox
on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny
-msg timestamp=on
2021-12-31T13:52:11.070315Z qemu-system-i386: Display 'sdl' is not
available.

when I use Jim's invocation, of which I barely understood less than half
of the switches... So VirtualBox it is, for now.

>> I would appreciate any help (especially Jerome and thraex) :). I see
>> that thraex already made some corrections (thank you!).

You're welcome. If I can be useful in anyway regarding translations,
feel free to send an e-mail. In all cases, I'll keep an eye on this list.

> No problem. :-)
> 
> thraex has done a great job translating. He has also probably learned
> more about GitHub, The Installer and V8Power Tools than he every thought
> possible (or every wanted to either). :-)

:-)