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Hardware / Video II: ArcaOS 5.1, Linux Mint, Windows 11 on ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14

« on: December 07, 2024, 12:44:55 am »

I wanted to publish this second video, now there will be a rest for some time.

It shows:

- Windows 11 Home 64
- Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon
- ArcaOS 5.1

with the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2024, all nativ, with UEFI and GPT, can be choosen with the rEFInd Bootmanager.

I hope you enjoy it.

It may take a day time for Youtube to process the Subtitels in English!

All the best, hope, you have some fun!

https://youtu.be/XjQRHedxL5M

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Virtualization / A new video about OS/2 after more than 4 Years...

« on: December 04, 2024, 11:51:20 pm »

Today I released a new video on Youtube, after almost 4 years rest.

It is about my attempt to virtualize OS/2 on ARM64 CPU - Windows on ARM64 - Surface Pro 11.

Unfortunately for most of you it is in German, I do not know if simultanius Online translation is possible.

I hope you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/qEM6vNOK1tc

Important notice: Until now the Video is not fully processed by Youtube, so it may take some hours to become visibale / available!

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Hardware / OS/2 on ARM64 CPU - No Problem! - Surface Pro 11

« on: November 24, 2024, 11:17:57 pm »

If you want to follow my notes, how easy it was to install OS/2 in a virtual Machine with 86Box at an ARM64 Device, please read here:

https://www.os2.org/viewtopic.php?t=4197

(German, Online Translator needed)

So, the Thesis: ARM can not emulate/virtualize x86 is proofed to be wrong.

All the best!

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Setup & Installation / OS/2 Warp 4 Tutorial on ArcaOS 5.1

« on: October 24, 2024, 08:06:30 pm »

To full fill my attempt of turning ArcaOS 5.1 in OS/2 Warp 4, I try to get the Tutorial to run.

I copied all the necessary files etc. like I did so many times before, beginning with some ( I do not know exactly wich ) Version of ArcaOS the Tutorial does not work as designed.

It creates the Training Folder on the desktop, but instead of showing the application it opens teh help file with the viewer, please see attached picture.

I guess this is the problem: the files must be connected to the viewer in some way.

Is it possible to turn this back for the tutorial program?

What do I have to do to get it up and running?

Thanks in Advance!

 

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Setup & Installation / WSeB Server parts on ARcaOS 5.1 with installed Samba - what to deinstall?

« on: October 24, 2024, 05:00:17 pm »

I want to install the WSeB Server parts on Top of ArcaOS 5.1, as I did several times before, using the great tool of Alex Taylor.

Unfortunately I missed the point to NOT install Samba/Network parts during the initial ArcaOS Installation. So I do get an error code (I think it is something like X1604, do not have it around yet) when trying to install the WSeB parts.


As I do not want to reinstall everything from scratch (it is a bit of a special installation, what would lead to a lot of work), what components do I have to deinstall, and how, to get the Server Tool from Alex to let it do what it is supposed to do?

Thank you very much for hints!

I will attach a screenshot of the error code in a few hours.

EDIT: added Screenshot

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Setup & Installation / Converting ArcaOS 5.1 to OS/2 Warp 4 (parts)

« on: September 08, 2024, 11:51:02 am »

For those, interested in having some Warp 4 Programs and the look and feel of Warp 4 on ArcaOS 5.1, please look here:

https://www.os2.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4081

Please use Onlinetranslator.

Here is a picture of my Bootlogo for this Installation:

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Setup & Installation / How to get rid of the second boot menue?

« on: September 04, 2024, 09:55:25 pm »

I created a second UEFI ArcaOS Type 1 JFS partition to store Data on it. Everything worked as expected, it is visible and usable.

Please see picture one.

But, on every boot, after choosing ArcaOS via rEFInd Boot Manager, the OS/2 Logo appears on the upper left corner, and next some kind of second Boot Menue.

Please see picture two.

As this is some kind of anoying, I would like to get rid of this menu, booting straight into ArcaOS, as it did before I created the partition.

Any ideas?

Help is really appriciated, thank you very much in advance!

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Hardware / No end in sight: ArcaOS 5.1 nativ on ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2024

« on: September 01, 2024, 10:06:15 pm »

Yes, I did it again. 

If you want to read more about my latest ArcaOS attempts nativ on most modern Hardware, please take a look here:

https://www.os2.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4078

Please use Online Translator.

I Attach a Testlog from Today.

And some pictures.

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Applications / WSeB Pictures for Martin

« on: March 26, 2024, 06:20:42 pm »

Hi Martin,

I noticed missing WSeB Pictures at your Wiki. I can offer you here (as far as I can see you already have pictures of the WSeB CD Set) :

- Pictures of the WSeB Box, English, Upgrade - PN: 31L1710
   including Picture of the HPFS386 License - PN: 41L0427

- Pictures of the WSeB Preview, English - PN: ?

- Pictures of the WSeB Convinience Package I - 4.51 - Deutsch (German) - PN: ?

You can manipulate, publish, use these pictures in all the way you like.

Hope the Quality is OK for you as it is a bit difficult to take a picture of this mirroring and reflecting CDs.

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Setup & Installation / Replacing ArcaOS UEFI Boot Manager with rEFind Boot Manager

« on: January 15, 2024, 09:04:03 am »

Just to open a seperate topic on this: As I mentioned here:

https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,3537.msg42909.html#msg42909

the ArcaOS UEFI Bootmanager is very small on some devices, due to the Screen Resolution - on my Z13 Gen 2 the boot screen displays 2.880 by 1.800 Pixels.

At our User Meeting in Cologne 2022 Keith Merrington showed up with the rEFInd Bootmanager. This is really a great software! It is very customizable (Screen Resolutions, Backgrounds, Icons and so on) and looks therefore very modern.

I just attach my pictures from the other Thread here again.

In my case I have to disable Secureboot but to activate Pluton/TPM in BIOS to have the result I wanted, Windows 11 Pro and ArcaOS side by side. Next is to add Linux Mint Cinnamon. I added customized symbols for this.

Some Links:

rEFInd can be downloaded here:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/

All the information one need and troubleshooting can be find here: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ - really a marvelous page!

Best of all: it is free of charge!

All the best!

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Hardware / To take the bun for the last time: ArcaOS and Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 Gen 2

« on: January 12, 2024, 06:02:25 pm »

Hi,

yeah, i took the bun for the last time: installed ArcaOS 5.1 next to Windows 11 on a Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 Gen 2 = 2023 Hardware with AMD Ryzen Pro 7 7840 

If you are interested in the result, please follow this thread at os2.org

https://www.os2.org/viewtopic.php?t=3811

There are also some early pros and cons.

Please use Online Translator. All the best!

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Setup & Installation / PCem, 86Box etc - other Virtualisations that can start OS/2 as a Guest

« on: November 16, 2023, 09:11:15 am »

By chance I came across another emulator (a la Virtualbox, Virtual PC, VMWare) on the Internet that can also use OS/2 as a guest.

Here is a link to it: https://www.pcem-emulator.co.uk/status.html

The advantages of this emulator should be:

- Perfect selection from tens of emulated hardware - for example, you can emulate a 386 for OS/2 2.0, or a Voodoo1 for a Windows 98 gaming PC, etc.
- So you have significantly more options to determine the hardware in virtualization,
- For free
- Supports all major operating systems as a guest, up to Windows XP, including OS/2
- In addition to Windows, there is also a host version for Linux.

The configuration should probably be a little more difficult than usual with the other solutions.

I don't have any practical experience yet, but I'll give it a try this weekend.

So I can't make a well-founded judgment yet, but perhaps someone already knows something or has had experience.

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Setup & Installation / Arcaos 5.1 Installation on a Thinkpad X1 30th Anniversery, aka X1 Carbon Gen 10

« on: September 07, 2023, 02:13:12 pm »

Hi,

if you would like to read about my experience with this installation, please visit:

https://www.os2.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3711

Please use online Translator.

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Setup & Installation / Latest possible Kernel etc for OS/2Warp3 (WarpServer4)-And:Happy new Year 2023!

« on: December 31, 2022, 10:15:07 am »

Like Thomas Müller I do play around with the OS/2 Warp Server 4 Advanced. After 20 years, when I did it for the last time in 2002, I already setup the UPDCD environment from Zsolt Kaddar to update this OS/2 Version to the latest possible, trying to include the latest drivers (AHCI, USB, NVME, GENGRADD and so on). I will attach pictures later this day.

I know, it is easier to use WSeB, that I do have as well, and that I already updated to the latest possible. But for some nostalgic reason I still  "love" look and fell of the good old Warp 3 version, as it was in 1995 the very first Version of OS/2 I come in contact with. And so the OS/2 Warp Server 4 Andvanced (I willt ry to add SMP support as well) is the KING of this Version 3.

Besides other Ficpac for the server, tcpip and so on, I do use BaseFP42German, as this is the last one I remember to be a german one. I do have a FP44 English as well and will extract OS2KRNL, DOSCALL1.DLL from this as well.

It is such a long time ago, that I can not remember correctly, but I guess there is no chance, but I would like to ask:

- what is the latest kernel revision for Warp 3 (Warp Server 4)?
- does anybody ever succeded in using a Warp 4 kernel with Warp 3 (i.e.: 14.104a)?

It takes only about 5 minutes to create an updated ISO on my Thinkpad X250, that then can be directly tested with Virtualbox at the parallel Windows 8.1 installation on this device. So it is very easy and fast for me to check what will work and what not.

I will even give the OS/4 Kernel a shot.

What other hints do you have for me?
- by replacing the Kernel, wich other files should be replaced as well to match it (DOSCALL1.DLL, ...??)?

This is just for fun, it is like Kirk answerd to Spock being asked: "What is the reason for climbing a rock?" - "Because it is there!"

 

I wish all of you a happy, healthy and good new Year 2023, stay safe!!!

And thank you very much!

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Programming / UEFI and GPT not developed by ArcaNoae - by whom else?

« on: November 08, 2022, 08:12:53 am »

If I understand correctly U/EFI and GPT for ArcaOS are not developed by ArcaNoae.

Does anyone has a clue wich person/s / organzation is doing this?

Thank you very much!

My guess would be someone like the QSINIT Developer or Daniela Engert. But that is only a guess.

Or is the plan to keep it as some kind of "Unknown mysterious Miracle" ?