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Topics - Sigurd Fastenrath

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I have a question regarding the boot process of OS/2 (MCP), that rised while Building my DVD including the QSINIT Loader:

What I am doing is:

I am building an updated OS/2 DVD using the Program UPDCD and therein using as boot method "No emulation boot".

What I did:

I added os2ldr (qsinit), os2ldr.ini and qsinit.ldi to the bootdisk.pf that is used for no emulation boot. That works perfect so far, when the DVD boots it directly shows me the bootmenue I configured in os2ldr.ini. I can use all the functionalety from QSINIT (like the shell, the Menue and so on). I also modified the config.sys in bootdisk.pf that it can boot from USB connected devices and supports the OS2AHCI driver.
The no emulation boot installs a drive Z:
I do not use a qssetup.cmd
The config.sys includes a RESERVEDRIVELETTER=W that comes from UPDCD to have the drive letter X: as the installation drive of the DVD

Once I proceed, the installation program of OS/2 is starting, just as I wanted it to do. I can go through and install OS/2 on hardware, that has a build in DVD (IDE/SATA) drive. The boot process of the second stage of installation starts the QSINIT Menue as well, as well when the installation is finished. So for that case - having an internal DVD - everything works really well! The same goes with Installation inside VirtualBox.  ; :)

BUT -  :( -  this is not working on USB connected or AHCI enabled drives. The problem is, that during the second stage of installation (so the first time booting from HDD) it seems that the modifications I made for the config.sys in bootdisk.pf are not present any more. The second stage shows me the qsinit boot menue as well, and once I proceed it hangs with either "Insert OS/2 CD ROM" for USB Devices/AHCI or it hangs it a driver like I2O.... for AHCI during the boot.


I figured out, that for some reason, the config.sys that is used for this second stage is not the one that I modified and included in bootdisk.pf. Therefore there is no more usb support nor os2ahci support anymore included, it is the "standard config.sys" from MCP2. Therefore the Installation with "Internal compatibel mode DVD" and "Virtualbox" works fine, as both just need danis506.add during second boot, that is inlcuded in the used "Standard Config.sys".


I than tried to answer one question by myself: wich config.sys is OS/2 using when starting for the first time from HDD when starting the second installation phase? I tried and replaced the config.sys in \OS2IMAGE\Disk_1 on the DVD and included it in the BUNDLE of \OS2IMAGE\DISK_1 - but nothing changed. The same goes with config.x in Disk_0 and Disk_1 and config.add (what I assume adds during Installation some additional lines only used for Installation) - makes no difference.

Do someone have a clue where I can find the config.sys that is used for this second stage of Installation in the file structure of OS/2 CD/DVD or is it created during Installation Phase 1? If it is create - wich config file is used as a template for this?

Thank you very much in advance!

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Hardware / Is it possible to update the USBEthernet Driver?
« on: January 23, 2016, 12:59:42 am »
I am wondering: is it possible to update the USBEthernet Driver to Support newer devices?

Please see my post here (using Google translator):

https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.os2.org%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D2%26t%3D866&edit-text=

Thanks in advance!

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Events / OS/2 User Meeting Cologne 2016
« on: December 01, 2015, 02:16:57 pm »
Room and date are fix for the 4th Anual OS/2 User Meeting in Cologne!

Youthhostel Cologne-Riehl (as usual), Saturday, 26th of November 2016

You can follow the German thread here (using Google Translator):

https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.os2.org%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D14%26t%3D804&edit-text=

Cheers

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Applications / Systemload and CPUTEMP - Question
« on: November 15, 2015, 03:23:55 pm »
Mentioned in another thread I tried to use the Programs CPUTEMP and Systemload. Both are working quite well  :)

But I do have one question:

Please take a look at Picture CPUTEMP1: the Program Sysload does not show the Temperature in the program, may the desktop Resolution (1920X1080 FullHD) be to high?

Thanks for hints - and for programming this!

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Applications / IBM Server Guide Pictures for Martin
« on: October 19, 2015, 09:31:40 pm »
Hi Martin,

here some pictures for your gallery from a software I once used in 1998 and did just purchase a this shrink warpped version today.


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Hi,

I would like to discuss the problems (legal, drivers etc.) in case I would distribute (may be the wrong term for it) an Updated OS/2 Warp 4.52 DVD.

Please feel free to write every problem etc. that might occur in your opinion - I would really appreciate this!

What I consider to do is:

For users wich do have:

- a vaild license to use the MCP 2 (wich is by the way - as far as I know - included in eCS License)
- a valid license to use the ArcaNoae Drivers

I would offer for free an updated OS/2 Warp 4 DVD, including latest Drivers from Arca Noae, a lot of enhancements, the QSINIT Loader etc. In fact this is what I am trying to achive with my project I am writing about at www.os2.org only for myself so far. I do not want to make money with this, just to spread the idea and may be the DVD.


Important:

- this DVD does not include drivers or parts of ecomstation nor ecomstation.ru (ecosoftware) etc.
- this is just an idea I would like to discuss
- this idea is discussed with no other person so far

So I try to collect:

- with whom I would have to speak in Advance?
- wich files could I use for this, wich not (i.e. wich kernel)?
- what else?

In case the "Delivering of an DVD" is to complicated or impossible I consider to write a "Cookbook" how to achieve this. But this is very time consuming.

Thanks in Advance!




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Events / Review: Warpstock EU 2015 - The Saturday
« on: June 08, 2015, 01:12:17 pm »
I attended Warpstock Europe 2015 on Saturday, here comes my short summary with some pictures.

https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.os2.org%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D14%26t%3D652&edit-text=

(Already using Google Translator)

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Multimedia / Firefox 35 (Firefox Hello) - Videochat with OS/2 ?
« on: February 12, 2015, 01:54:23 pm »
Just would like to ask: If it would be possible to have Firefox 35 WITH Firefox Hello ported to OS/2 - would Videochat via Webcam be possible with it?

Wim is just working on the Webcam support for the Vaio Pro I have, and here is what it looks like running the Logitech Webcam with it  8)

Please keep in mind that my Screen Resolution here is 1920X1080, therefore the 640X400 window seems a bit small, but it is for me the perfect size (if you want to have it bigger, just decrease the screen resolution to i.e. 1024X736)

And the Webcam is running for half an hour without any freeze now  :D


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Hardware / 20 Years OS/2 Warp - my new Video!
« on: January 18, 2015, 08:35:03 pm »
Comment in English and German, hope one can understand it!

http://youtu.be/2Aa_34MK-QU

My Hardware experiments are shown as well as the first steps with the Touch Interface.

Have fun!

Sigurd

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Programming / Replacing OS/2 parts
« on: December 15, 2014, 01:33:26 pm »
This might be interesting not only for Martin.

http://www.os2.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=504&sid=cb461ca85be16097e7794bd19bd4c288

"A small step for..."

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Applications / Can I make Programs use only one kernel on an SMP System?
« on: December 02, 2014, 08:13:36 pm »
I think I have read about this before, but can not find something..

Is it possible to "tell" applications to use just one core on a SMP System?

Here VPC for OS/2 is the "problem" - it runs fine when I add the Switch /MAXCPU=1 in config.sys but crashes when all 4 kernels run (as expected).

So - is there a way to configure something in/with Virtual PC to just let it use one core even if the Switch above is not in config.sys?

Thanks in Advance,

Sigurd

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Events / OS/2 User Meeting Cologne 2015
« on: December 01, 2014, 08:05:51 am »
As the passed event has been a great succes Thomas, me and all the attendents decided to hold another one (for the third time) in 2015 !  :)

The planned date is

- Saturday, the 28th of November 2015
- The location will be the same, I try to get fixed the room and everything right today 

and will inform as soon as the things are fixed.

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