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Setup & Installation / Red Secure Boot screen when booting off CD

« on: August 10, 2024, 12:56:10 am »

I've just started working with AcraOS V5.1 and an ASUS B550 Gaming Plus (WiFi) board. When I boot off the installation CD I get a red box in the center of screen as shown in the attachment. I'm new to all this secure boot stuff and wonder what its telling me or what I need to actually check/fix?

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Hardware / Re: Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus (wi-fi)

« on: August 08, 2024, 02:52:26 pm »

The board I submitted was a TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) This was cut right from Asus's website on the board. The typo could have been mine.

Ok, I found that board. So it looks like the Wiki has the wrong name, as its listed as a TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (WI-FI).

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Hardware / Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus (wi-fi)

« on: August 08, 2024, 03:54:24 am »

Over in the Hardware Wiki there is listed the https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Asus_TUF_Gaming_X550-Plus_(wi-fi), but I can not find such a motherboard on the web. There is a Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus (wi-fi), which I have as a replacement for the DW Windows 10 machine. Is this a typo on the hardware Wiki? Since since I've just built it, I slapped an old 160 GB SATA Drive in it before I ported the M.2 SSD from the old machine, just to see how Arca0S 5.1 installs on it. During the install the network adapter was not discovered. Are there any drivers for the network adapter (either wired for wireless). This has the Asus 2.5GB Realtek RTL8125B 2.5Gb Ethernet Adapter.

Once the install is on, I'll get the hardware report off it and upload it.

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Hardware / Re: Modern Motherboards - Whats working

« on: May 30, 2024, 07:07:32 pm »

First of all, thanks for all the info. Some interest food for thought here.

*but* only has 1 PS/2 port ...

That should not be a problem: there are ps/2 splitter cables for this. In fact mouse and keyboard are connected to different pins on the ps/2 connector.

I was not aware that those kind of splitters existed. May have to give that a try.

You didn't mention video output ports.  I ask because all my units are using HDMI either direct or via a DVI to HDMI adapter.

My setup is a 4 port Tcnewcl 4k KVM switch which takes USB 2.0 keyboard and trackball as well as my 28inch 1920x1200 HDMI monitor.  The main computer has a MSI A320M Pro-VD Plus motherboard, another possibility is the ASRock AB350M Pro4 - it has 2 PS/2 ports which you want.

BTW I think you should be thinking about upgrading your KVM switch to enable  you to have a much wider choice of motherboards.

Well, that present a bigger issue. I currently have 7 systems running into my KVM. I moved from a set of Linked 4 Port OMNI's I switched to a 16 Port TrendNet TK-1601A about 6 years ago. I tried several that had USB instead of PS/2 ports, but could not get all my systems, (Mix of Windows 7, Windows XP, OS/2 and ArcaNoae) all working with the USB Version, so I went back to the PS/2 port one. Converting all the systems is not a task I'm willing to undertake. I've had good luck going from USB to PS/2 with adapters, but less luck going the other way.

You didn't mention video output ports.  I ask because all my units are using HDMI either direct or via a DVI to HDMI adapter.

My setup is a 4 port Tcnewcl 4k KVM switch which takes USB 2.0 keyboard and trackball as well as my 28inch 1920x1200 HDMI monitor.  The main computer has a MSI A320M Pro-VD Plus motherboard, another possibility is the ASRock AB350M Pro4 - it has 2 PS/2 ports which you want.

BTW I think you should be thinking about upgrading your KVM switch to enable  you to have a much wider choice of motherboards.

Video is not an issue. I've got a mixture of DVI, VGA and HDMI outputs on my systems, I just use the appropriate adapter to convert to the VGA that my switch uses.

The vast majority of OS/2 users are on commercial computers, not home-made from motherboards.

Any Lenovo M series desktop computer in the last 15 years would work with your requirements -- I've tried pretty much all of them.

You can go with the hobbyist market -- It's more of a hobby than a rational decision. I know several skilled hobbyists inhabit OS/2 World. If building your own computer brings joy, go for it.

You can buy refurbished computers from the many of the major electronics retail websites now.

I have not bought a commercial desktop computer in over 25 years. I've always built them from the pieces. That way I don't get any of those nasty windows kludges that the various vendors have put into there systems over the years.

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Hardware / Modern Motherboards - Whats working

« on: May 24, 2024, 09:50:56 pm »

All,

A physical machine that I use with Arca Noae is starting to develop some issues. So I'm looking to replace it. So what motherboards have folks been having success with V5.1. Now some of my requirements are:

• Has to have PS/2 ports for both Keyboard and Mouse (needed for my KVM Setup)
• Would like several (at least 2) PCI-E Slots so I can slap a supported network adapter if the onboard MB one is not
• 1 of the PCI-E slots will be be used for a SCSI Adapter for my tape drive
• AMD preferred over Intel

I want the 2 PS/2 ports, as while I've had success at times using USB->PS/2 Adapters, they have generally been with IBM Thinkpads and sometimes even they don't work right through my TrendNet KVM.

Thanks in Advance!

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Hardware / Re: The last nail in OS/2's coffin

« on: May 24, 2024, 09:34:11 pm »

The other thing that threatens OS/2 is the aging of its users. I predict that will be the actual cause of death.

I'm scared to interpret this like my age group (40's) is going to be last one using OS/2   
Let's try to get people on his 30's to the community !!!   

Regards

This is a very similar problem that many of my clients experience, albeit on a different platform (IBM z/OS Mainframe). There is still a very large demand for mainframe developers (hence why one of my clients dragged me out of retirement). The problem is that how do you introduce and get the current crop of developers in their 20's and 30's excited about the mainframe. We are exploring the use of tools like ZOWE Explorer run inside Visual Studio to give them an interface that is more familiar to your average developer than the old 3270 screen and ISPF.  The other big problem is that pool of IBM z/OS Assembler programmers is getting smaller every year, but there are literally millions of lines of code still out there running in production environments. As one of the fish in that diminishing pool, I get about half-dozen inquires a week asking if I'm interested in doing some assembler programming work.

Not sure what the solution is for OS/2. But I will also say that I have not put a lot of thought into what the future might be. Professionally I have not done any OS/2 work in about 15 years, but personally I still run a few copies in VMs and 1 physical machine, which will bring me to the new thread I'm about to start.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Looping ArcaOS Install

« on: October 18, 2023, 05:16:27 am »

Martin,

The key is to select the 'Skip Disk Integrity Check' on the install menu. According to the info in the Ticket, this prevents the boot code being installed on the hard disk. Therefore each time the CD Boots it does not see anything bootable on the hard disk, so it never gives you the option.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Looping ArcaOS Install

« on: October 12, 2023, 12:00:05 am »

Ticket 3548 created for this issue and David A has confirmed that is a real issue. Work around is to install Air-Boot for now.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Looping ArcaOS Install

« on: October 11, 2023, 01:35:48 am »

Hi Eric

When installing ArcaOS 5.1 (BIOS) on VirtualBox 7.0.10 (Windows 10 Host) I didn't get that issue. I always get the "Boot from HDD or CD" little menu when the ISO is mounted.

UEFI boot ins VirtualBox is a different thing, which I'm testing out.

Do you want to try this empty OVA I'm attaching and see if you can install ArcaOS 5.1.0? Double click it and it will create a VM in VirtualBox, mount the CD and run it. If it works you can compare the settings.

Regards

No difference, still boots direct to the set options menu. I'll open a ticket now. I waited to see if anyone in the greater world had a quick fix.

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Setup & Installation / Looping ArcaOS Install

« on: October 10, 2023, 04:27:01 am »

Attempting to install V5.1 into Virtual Box, but I'm getting into a loop that I have no idea how to get out of. I start off the install and after the first phase completes and the machine reboots I'm back to the main installer screen again. It never seems to boot off the hard disk to continue with the install.

This version also does not show the 'Boot from Hard Disk' as the first menu. The first menu I get is installer screen with the menu options ('default values', 'boot with menu for own value' or display online docs'. I checked out the installation guide and readmes, but don't know how to proceed from here.

Doing this under VirtualBox 7.0, where I have my other eCS/ArcaOs versions running.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Determine ArcaOs Version installed

« on: October 05, 2023, 03:40:02 am »

I could only find the version using the install.flg method for ArcaOS. It would be great if a SYSLEVEL file was included. Try the attached. It was something I used to use with ECS and just extended it for ArcaOS. I think this is accessible here if you want to see how I did it:
 
https://greenenet.ddns.net/os2project/version

If the link works, nver.exe is the executable. It checks for OSDIR, if not present check for ECS, if OSDIR then probably ARCA so check for install.flg and parse the first line.

Mike

Mike,

Thanks, nver is exactly what I was looking for. It just baffles me that something like this is not part of the base ArcaOs system.

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Setup & Installation / Determine ArcaOs Version installed

« on: September 26, 2023, 04:33:42 pm »

I know I asked this before, but can not find the answer. Whats the best way to determine the version of ArcaOs installed. I would like a simple command like Ver. I found command that get some information (VER and VERSION) but nothing to give me the ARCAOS Version. I would be nice if there was a simple way to determine this. I have quite a few different installs running around and need whats installed for each. Either add a command file or enhance the Version.Cmd to display the ArcaOs Version.

Thanks

The output of VER and VERSION give me the following in the attached file.

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Hardware / Re: Hardware Compatibility Wishlist for 2023

« on: January 06, 2023, 06:32:30 pm »

I'd like to be able to set display resolution to numbers I like, instead of relying on those few that the VESA interface provides.

Hi Neil.

I didn't get this one, since I only have 1920x1080 monitors or less.
Do you mean that in Panorama there is missing some configuration for higher resolutions? or custom resolutions? Is there any resolution number that is giving you problems?

Regard

I may start a new thread for this, but this is my list of choices for screen resolution

640x480
800x600
1024x768
1280x1024
1600x1200
1920x 1440
3840x2160

Notice that only the last one is a wide-screen.

Your list plus 1920x1080 as that is what I currently use on my Arca/Os machines, as its the highest resolution my TrendNet KVM Supports. I drive a ViewSonic 32" at that resolution. I'm pretty sure that the ViewSonic will do better, but alas thats all my KVM will pass and I really don't want to have 4 monitors/Keyboards on my desk. 1 set of each is so much more convenient 

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Setup & Installation / Re: How to update Cups between ArcaOS version?

« on: October 08, 2020, 03:13:09 am »

I noticed that with ArcaOs V5.0.5 and V5.0.6 came with some updated CUPS drivers for Brother Printers. How can I get the version of CUPS from a V5.0.6 installed onto a V5.0.3 system? I tried ANPN and I did not find any cups packages with updates available for install.

Do you have a v5.0.5 or v5.0.6 ISO? If so they may be in x:\CID\SERVER
RPM\LOCALREP. Might be as easy as going to Manage Repositories in ANPM and enabling the arca_inst repository with your ISO mounted, or you may need to add it.

Well I tried enabling the arca_inst repository in the list and during the refresh I get an error


YUM returned an error:

failure: repodata/fileslist.xml.gz from arca_inst: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

The data under manage repository for the arca_inst is:

[arca_inst]
name = ArcaOS Install CD/DVD
baseurl = file:///drives/arcainst/CID/SERVER/RPM/LOCALREP
enabled=1


I have the ISO mounted as Drive I: in my Virtual Box.

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Setup & Installation / How to update Cups between ArcaOS version?

« on: October 07, 2020, 12:08:44 am »

I noticed that with ArcaOs V5.0.5 and V5.0.6 came with some updated CUPS drivers for Brother Printers. How can I get the version of CUPS from a V5.0.6 installed onto a V5.0.3 system? I tried ANPN and I did not find any cups packages with updates available for install.