Subj : Re: OS/2 under VMware
To : Sean Dennis
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Thu Jun 14 2018 11:27 am
In a message on 06-13-18 Sean Dennis said to Holger Granholm:
Hi Sean,
HG> Why this talk about Virtual OS/2?
SD> Because OS/2 won't install on a 6TB SAS disk correctly.
Who needs a 6 TB disk?
Probably your BBS may use such capacity, but not normal humans.
SD> Also because OS/2 has a serious issue installing on modern hardware.
You don't have to tell me that. Only single core CPU's and small
partitions are accepted at install.
SD> So OS/2 suits itself to being run under a VM nicely if the VM can
SD> handle OS/2's usage of esoteric API calls when it boots up.
I have been told that the new versions such as Arca-OS and eComOS can be
installed on modern machines.
73 de Sam, OH0NC
aka Holger
.. If I learn from my mistakes, I get a FABULOUS education.
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