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Setup & Installation / Re: Installing eCS 2.1 on the laptop
« on: 2012.01.25, 19:37:57 »
It is not that eCS doesn't like the hard disk, it just doesn't see it because of the way the bios is showing it.

Assuming the hard disk is a SATA device and not the older PATA (IDE) then the bios might be configuring it as an AHCI device - which eCS can not work with - rather than an IDE device.  If that is the case you need to enter the bios setup and the HD from AHCI to IDE or Legacy, then you should be able to install eCS.

ivan

Not entirely accurate. eCS v2.1 does indeed include AHCI support, intended for "dual capability" systems (AHCI/Legacy IDE mode) as well as AHCI only systems.

The issue that thus arises is when a particular chipset's AHCI support/needs are not properly covered by eComStation's AHCI support. I'd send in a bug report/note with the chipset information to try and get the AHCI support working for it - and in the meantime, I think you are stuck with Ivan's suggestions.

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Hobbes Archive / Re: Installing PMFIX.ZIP
« on: 2012.01.23, 19:27:04 »
Which version of eCS or Warp?

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Setup & Installation / Re: Installing eCS 2.1 on the laptop
« on: 2012.01.23, 19:19:43 »
I am trying to install eCS 2.1 on my ASUS L3000D laptop.

After rebooting from the hard disk, I got the message "SYS 1475: The file OS2BOOT
cannot be found"

Airboot 1.07 boots Win XP well. On the Italian newsgroup they said that Airboot 1.07 is faulty...

Thank you for your help.

Usually, this occurs when some aspect of the partitioning scheme being used is not properly accessible by the mini file system drivers incorporated into the kernel, or when OS2BOOT or OS2LOADR are not in the location they are expected to be in.

In the case of the first, it means correcting something in the MBR/AirBoot stuff, or correcting something in the partitioning scheme. For both/either, dfSEE can be helpful.

In the case of the second, if the program is available (and I haven't checked my eCS 2.1, so I don't know), booting off the CD and running SYSINSTX BOOTDRIVE: may resolve the issue (inotherwords, you'd run something like this from a cmdline session started from the install CD... "SYSINSTX C:")

Generally, it was located on the installed bootable partition (ie, Drive C or wherever you installed) in \OS2\INSTALL\BOOTDISK - as well as on the install CD/CDs someplace.


The only other things I can think of are the following (this is all pre-coffee senility, so excuse any errors):
- the drive is partitioned to something too large to boot off of. This is probably not likely, unless some backleveled drive/LVM/kernl support is in use. But, previously you would be limited to a 500GB DRIVE for your boot drive (yes, drive - not partition) or a drive where only 500GB was partitionable - otherwise OS/2 and eCS will not boot. Again though, that limitation has supposedly been removed

- The boot partition is HPFS and is either near or larger than the 64GB limitation imposed by HPFS. I never ever use an HPFS partition over 50GB - doing so can cause all sorts of issues, this occasionally being one of them (including, oddly, sometimes on a system that has worked for ages).

- The IDE/SATA driver has the wrong switches being used for the chipset (or isn't fully compatible) - this will create the following scenario: (1) the mini-FS driver WILL start the boot process and run OS2LOADR & OS2BOOT - BUT, when it does the handoff to the IDE/SATA drivers and the "real" file system drivers (ie: HPFS.IFS and/or JFS.IFS), then suddenly things go wrong, because the driver/fs driver combination isn't accessing the disk correctly. Keep in mind, certain things like OS2LOADR are actually needed beyond the boot process, and OS2BOOT is needed up to and during boot for the kernel handoff.

Hope that helps point you in the correct direction

Rob

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Internet / Re: Firefox 6, 8 and 9
« on: 2012.01.21, 19:26:53 »
Actually, nowadays, I find very few sites that don't use Javascript. Flash, sure... but Javascript, no. I suspect you meant Java.

Even Wikipedia, which will work without Javascript, becomes virtually (if not totally) useless for contributors/editors if Javascript support is disabled. And that's the largest site I can think of that works without it.

Yes, many sites gracefully fail without it - but the experience isn't the same. That aside, making working Javascript that doesn't kill a browser isn't too tough - even with the IE workarounds that are generally needed (well, now that IE6 is disappearing).

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Applications / Re: Old Software
« on: 2012.01.21, 19:24:24 »
I have the following for trade if you (or anyone) want. I live in the US. Intel E7500 w/Heatsink (used once to flash a BIOS on a motherboard), 2gb (2x1) Crucial DDR2 667 memory (new,sealed package), Foxconn 45CMX motherboard (new, open box, back plate, no cables, no manual), Hauppage 2250 TV card (open box, all complete). I am looking for Rexx books specifically Sams, learn Rexx in 21 days or better.

Tons of REXX resources, but all downloaded. No idea where my Rexx books are. But, I'll see if perhaps they're packed in a box I never unpacked, in which case, they are yours (it took 3 years before I got around to building bookcases in the place I moved into, and I haven't put a single book in there from my old place).

Otherwise, if you need help with something specific - or where to go online for a good basis, Jep is definitely very well versed in Rexx - and I'm not too bad either.  ;)

Cool, let me know. Do you have any interest in the hardware? I would be happy to trade you for what you want from the list.

Hmmm, the Hauppauge card would be nice... but lemme see what I can find first.

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Applications / Re: Old Software
« on: 2012.01.21, 09:26:42 »
I have the following for trade if you (or anyone) want. I live in the US. Intel E7500 w/Heatsink (used once to flash a BIOS on a motherboard), 2gb (2x1) Crucial DDR2 667 memory (new,sealed package), Foxconn 45CMX motherboard (new, open box, back plate, no cables, no manual), Hauppage 2250 TV card (open box, all complete). I am looking for Rexx books specifically Sams, learn Rexx in 21 days or better.

Tons of REXX resources, but all downloaded. No idea where my Rexx books are. But, I'll see if perhaps they're packed in a box I never unpacked, in which case, they are yours (it took 3 years before I got around to building bookcases in the place I moved into, and I haven't put a single book in there from my old place).

Otherwise, if you need help with something specific - or where to go online for a good basis, Jep is definitely very well versed in Rexx - and I'm not too bad either.  ;)

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Applications / Re: Old Software
« on: 2012.01.21, 09:24:15 »
After cleaning the attic this is what I found. There are two Warp 4 sealed... cool



I'll gladly pay shipping on the WSeB stuff if you are still willing to part with them.

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Other information, for the NetBIOS over TCP/IP I used this tuto to help me:

http://www.mit.edu/activities/os2/peer/WARPPEER.HTM

Sanouk

NetBIOS over TCP/IP is of course the same thing Microsoft incorrectly calls NETBEUI (there is actually a protocol called NETBEUI (IBM, 1985,  NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI)) that predates Microsoft's incorrect usage of the term by a couple years).

That aside, Microsoft has some issues in their "NETBEUI" and NETBIOS implementations that may be causing this issue. One I ran into is that when only binding NETBIOS in XP, it will still try to route certain traffic over the *UNINSTALLED* (heh) "NETBEUI" interface (interesting, that it binds it anyway, even though it shows it is not bound and has been removed).

What other bugs exist, I don't know - but I am wondering if there's some preference for using a "real" interface over the loopback when one is defined. If so, then you are out of luck. I do know that in early versions of XP, even certain TCP/IP traffic that should have been handled via the loopback, got passed to the "real" interface instead - perhaps it is more of the same, and never was fixed.

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Networking / Re: Looking for a SFTP server for eCS...
« on: 2012.01.21, 00:00:58 »
Hello All,

I am looking for a SFTP server for eCS. Do we have a commercial or near commercial grade SFTP server for eCS?

TIA,
Todd


The OpenSSH option when installing eCom 2.1 has a sftp-server included with OpenSSH (haven't tried it out). OpenSSH can be found else where, probably on www.os2site.com too.


Greggory

Does anyone know if it supports files greater than 2GB?

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Most likely because with the external connectivity enabled, it is no longer using the loopback, and thus is using the "real" interface.

It's kinda like (in the TCP/IP world) the difference between connecting to 127.0.0.1 or the actual IP address (except both should always work) - I suspect with NETBIOS over TCPIP, it doesn't work that way when the actual interface is enabled and routing traffic.

But... that's just a guess. I haven't played with a similar configuration, so I cannot say for sure.

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Applications / Re: Free eComStation Virtual Machine
« on: 2012.01.14, 21:27:36 »
...One thing that may be good, would be to include a configured DOSBOX, to get around the problems caused by various inadequacies in the DOS support (mostly opening a window, and scrolling, problems)...

Why not updated DOSBOX support as the default install option (of two that require a choice)? IE:

Please choose your DOS BOX Virtual Machine Support:
- IBM OS/2 DOS Support (based on PC DOS 5.0)
- IBM PC DOS v7.1 (I think that was the last version?)*
- Some other IBM/MS DOS compatible version

And include whatever fixes and patches may apply to each?

*Among other things, the v7.1 release included support for xdf floppies and FAT32 support.

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Applications / Re: Free eComStation Virtual Machine
« on: 2012.01.14, 18:42:54 »
Robert, didn't we have someone on here a couple of years ago asking for help with the OS/2 box they had found hidden away that ran the scheduling for a radio station.  The fact that no one knew anything about it and that it had been running for several years without a reboot also shows what OS/2 can do.

ivan

There's a tire company (a massive one) trying to upgrade 3 *ANCIENT* (ie: OS/2 2.x) machines that run their distribution systems... that's beasties nearing two decades old that (combined) have less processing power than my cable box.

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Article Discussions / Re: SMplayer version 0.6.9 build 4
« on: 2012.01.14, 18:40:40 »
Hi ivan

Not sure what happened there as I simply used copy and past...

The links should have been ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/vxapps/wpiview/wpiview110.wpi and ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

Lets see if these come out right - or if os2world.com adds http:// to them

Regards

Pete


Nope, that won't work either - it will drop the necessary colon. Something odd on how this SMF configuration parses links (which was fixed in a later version).

The links (select, copy, paste folks - sorry) are:

Code: [Select]
...GCC Core
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi


Code: [Select]
...the current build of WPIView here
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/vxapps/wpiview/wpiview110.wpi

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Applications / Re: Free eComStation Virtual Machine
« on: 2012.01.14, 18:30:34 »
...

What features should this eCS VM should have:
  • A lack of respect for the legacy: yes.. break the legacy, maybe it is time to remove things instead of keeping old stuff, no netscape, no java 1.1, no faxworks, no webexplorer, plus this will be "as is" for personal use.

...

Any comments on the idea?

IMO, any support required for FaxWorks should remain. Not necessarily the "Lite" version that came with Warp, but definitely the capabilities to run the full or the light version. Not that I am hinting at the "probability" that there are still a large number of dedicated fax stations out there supporting up to 64 fax lines, running on old Warp systems, using the Pro multiline version of FaxWorks...  ;)

Like numerous of the voice systems still hidden in closets places, some people still enjoy that a single 486 or Pentium I computer can handle 64 fax lines at a time...

...ah the power of a TRUE OS/2 app.

Anyway, point is, some companies are realizing that buying new, low end hardware, to replace an ancient OS/2 box with failed hardware - then buying and installing eCS and their 10-20 year old apps can still be a lot cheaper than buying today's new solutions based on other operating systems. There have been companies looking for the demo CD just for the purpose of testing their own custom software or some other solution (like the FaxWorks one mentioned above) to make such decisions. It might not seem like a lot - and there might not be a ton of companies doing so - but even ONE company that has a large install they are trying to maintain can be a lot of licenses of eCS sold, which in turn helps further development.

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More detailed instructions can be found here:
http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0503H/vnewsf4.htm

Scroll to the "Sound" section near the bottom of the page.


You will find this to be the final, and very important step:
Quote
"On the next restart of VPC, your guest should have sound, if a SB16 sound driver in installed on your guest operating system. For Win9x, 2000 or XP, autodetection can be used to find the virtual SB16 card and install the driver."

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