A Hamster Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Isn't it possible to use something like PXE (http://www.gold-software.com/download3254.html) to boot VMware before booting windows, so it would be like a "OSX86" at full speed because windows isn't using the memory?! Btw, tell me if this works please. TY! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigxcpu Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Man, VMWare depends on Windows in every aspect. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/#findComment-36605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hamster Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 darn, so there's no way to make it faster?! how bout running it on linux? any difference? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/#findComment-36614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jph2003 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 darn, so there's no way to make it faster?!how bout running it on linux? any difference? There might be a negligable difference running it on Vmware for linux. But it would still be running as a guest OS with limited resources. The only way to run it "fast" would be to run it on native hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/#findComment-36616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hamster Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 too bad there isn't a mod to put windows on low resource mode, then boost the vmware w/ the memory and the majority of processing speed goes to vmware. cause i knoticed when osx is running, it's not consuming all the processing speed... that's just werid Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/#findComment-36618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templeton Peck Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 (edited) too bad there isn't a mod to put windows on low resource mode, then boost the vmware w/ the memory and the majority of processing speed goes to vmware. cause i knoticed when osx is running, it's not consuming all the processing speed... that's just werid The host OS (in this case Windows/Linux) is a big part of why VMWare runs so slow, but it has very little to do with Windows being a "resource hog." Rather its because Windows can't provide VMWare with the kind of dirct hardware access that it would need to run at near-native speeds. There may or may not be other bottlenecks within the VMWare code that are further impeeding performance, but the main point to consider is that VMWare would have to be completely rewritten if it were to function without a host OS. The performance gains would be tremendous, as would be the undertaking of the conversion. Edited December 15, 2005 by Templeton Peck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/#findComment-36686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 When virtualization (things like XEN) kicks off this year or next, I think we'll be a lot closer to what you're wanting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5797-osx86-boot-theory/#findComment-36688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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