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VirtualBox

VirtualBox 3.06 and eComStation

Running OS/2 under VirtualBox requires Intel-VT/AMD-V enabled in the settings and hardware virtualisation enabled in the BIOS. 
Here are some step that most people are successful with, when
installing eComstation.
Re: Running OS/2 under Virtualbox
Postby emn8w8 ¯ 15. Sep 2009, 07:39
Hi, Ingo,
These are the VM settings I have used to succesfully install
eCS2.0RC6a and the Silver edition.
General: Basic
- Operating system: IBM OS/2
- Version: eComStation
System: Motherboard
- BaseMemory: 512 Mb
- Extended Features: - Enable ACPI: NO
- Enable IO APIC: NO
System: Processor
- Processor(s): 1
- Extended Features: - Enable PAE/NX: NO
System: Accelaration
- Hardware Virtualization: - Enable VT-x/AMD-V: YES
- Enable Nested Paging: NO
Display:Video
Video Memory: 32Mb
Extended Features: - enable 3D Acceleration: NO
Hard Disks
- IDE Controller type: PIIX3
IDE Primary Master: a Dynamic VDD of 2 Gb
- CD-ROM: attached the iso image.
- Floppy Drive disabled.
- Audio adapter Disabled.
Whatever virtualized adapter you choose: it will not be autodetected
during install. It could be added after the install was complete.
- Network adapter Disabled
The network card is correctly autodetected during install but I have
chosen to keep the install as minimal as possible to avoid possible
problems. This adapter could also be added after the install
was complete.
- Serial Ports Disabled.
- USB support Disabled.
- No Shared Folders.
I did observe the failure of the installation program (SEINST) also.
It turned out that this not related to the VM settings but occured
when HPFS was used as filesystem. It seems that HPFS and VBox don't
get along too well: I have seen more strange disk/file behaviour or
even severe errors when using HPFS.
This problem appears to be totally absent when using JFS.
So: After choosing the first option from the very first CD menu
(default settings) and using JFS as fs eCS installed within
15 minutes...
I will leave it to the virtual die-hards to add USB support, ACPI,
SMP and more processor cores....For now I'm happy with a normal
functioning OS/2-eComStation in VBox..:-)
Best regards,
Erik
emn8w8
Posts: 45
Joined: 27. Mar 2008, 18:15
Location: Netherlands
Primary OS: openSUSE
VBox Version: PUEL
Guest OSses: OS/2 (Warp 4-4.52), eComStation (1.2...2.0RC7,
IBM PC_DOS, Windows XP

Qmeu

OS/2 Warp 4 is the last version that will run under Qmeu.
From OS2World.com forum: 
Quote from: madcrow on 2009.12.01, 02:53:47

I've gotten Warp 4 running before
without any real problems. My question was more specifically about 4.52,
which doesn't seem to play quite so nicely with qemu... Also, what I have
is the IBM release of 4.52, not any of the eCS modded versions.
I can't remeber what it was but something between Warp 4 and MCP got modified in the IBM1S506.ADD driver and/or the OS2DASD subsystem, that why Warp 4 used to work in some VM's and MCP not.

Roderick Klein
Mensys

Someone could download the (torrent) ISO of Warp 4.52 MCP and downlevel the IBM1S506.ADD driver and/or the OS2DASD subsystem, both Warp 4 and 4.52 can be found on the net. However, this is all a shot in the dark to begin with.



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