5.1 Merge window part 1

Posted Mar 19, 2019 12:44 UTC (Tue) by anton (subscriber, #25547)
In reply to: 5.1 Merge window part 1 by edeloget
Parent article: 5.1 Merge window part 1

I am not an expert on the business of VMs, but I imagine that, just like some here don't consider it the purpose of the kernel to run old binaries, VM maintainers might also consider it not their purpose to run old OSs: They could (and probably do) decide to emulate hardware that is too recent for OSs above a certain age.

5.1 Merge window part 1

Posted Mar 19, 2019 19:08 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

Nobody stops you from using an old version of QEMU. It should be fine for the next 25-30 years or so - before Linux developers remove ELF in favor of something newer like TROLL.

5.1 Merge window part 1

Posted Mar 21, 2019 21:47 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

I feel like options such as ENT (executable notation table) or HOBBIT (handy object bundles built in tandem) would be better.

5.1 Merge window part 1

Posted Mar 19, 2019 23:41 UTC (Tue) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

Given that SIMH exists, and includes emulations for computers that are older than the first operating systems, I am not overly worried on this score :)