[SM-Discuss] emulation / VM / ???
flux
flux at sourcemage.org
Tue Mar 3 08:10:59 EST 2009
Treeve Jelbert (treeve at scarlet.be) wrote [09.03.03 06:13]:
> I have one application which I absolutely need, but I wrote it long ago in
> Delphi for Win98.
>
> I have been running it under wine, but have now switched everything else to an
> amd64 linux system.
>
> How can I run my 32 bit delphi application in this new envionment?
> Will I be obliged to boot winxp or my old 32bit linux system?
>
> Or should I finally rewrite the delphi code using fpc/lazarus or qt4?
>
> Any ideas?
You can also run a 32-bit OS inside of a VM (like qemu, virtualbox,
etc.) and do it from inside the VM as a last-ditch effort. If the app is
small, then I'd recommend rewriting it (or at least recompiling it) for
more modern platforms so that you don't run into this problem again.
--
Justin "flux_control" Boffemmyer
Cauldron wizard and general mage
Source Mage GNU/Linux
http://www.sourcemage.org
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