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virtualbox for eCS...

Started by NNYITGuy, 2011.05.31, 06:30:15

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NNYITGuy

Hi All,

Who do I talk to for information to use eCS as a host for virtualbox.  I know that we have the ports from Paul from a long time ago (I appreciated GREATLY all that Paul does!). I do not need the latest and greatest.  I do not need serial / parallel / usb.  I need multiple guest capabilities to run at least two WinXP/7 sessions.  I need to use nearly 3 gig of RAM for those sessions. And of course I need it to be stable.

I am trying to develop my next small office server series for my professional client base.  I want eCS to be my host.  I wanted Samba/2 to be my file server but I can not make it run stable enough for my expected commercial implementation.  Therefore, all I can do is run XP Pro / 7 Pro for the line of business apps that need the file server functionality.

I really do want to make this work! I want to again have an OS/2 - eCS based solution that I can offer to my commercial clients.  eCS will at least have licensed seats and the revenue from such that will in turn support more development by Mensys.

I need a path forward!

Thank you,
-Todd
Todd J Simpson (IT Consultant)
Business Automation Technologies
(Professional Products and Services.  Business to Business...)

Mike

Quote from: NNYITGuy on 2011.05.31, 06:30:15
Who do I talk to for information to use eCS as a host for virtualbox.  I know that we have the ports from Paul from a long time ago (I appreciated GREATLY all that Paul does!). I do not need the latest and greatest.  I do not need serial / parallel / usb.  I need multiple guest capabilities to run at least two WinXP/7 sessions.  I need to use nearly 3 gig of RAM for those sessions. And of course I need it to be stable.

Hi Todd,
there was a restart of the OS/2 port virtualbox about one year ago, see http://svn.netlabs.org/vbox/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/vbox3.png
Then not much changes again so what we have is still this old stable 'innotek' version. Would be nice to have a newer build and some additional feature sets for the host.

Terry

These two websites/articles might be helpful for an eCS host:

[1]  "Installing VBox/2..."
       http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0708H/feature_1.html

[2]  "Samba Server and Client for eComStation..."
       http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/index.html