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What's the status of VirtualBox for OS/2?

Started by cytan, 2007.09.12, 23:45:43

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cytan

Just out of curiosity, what's the status of the VirtualBox port for OS/2?

cytan

Paul Smedley

I built v1.4 and v1.5 has also been built - and it works quite well - however there is currently no working network support.....

cytan

Quote from: Paul Smedley on 2007.09.13, 06:13:41
I built v1.4 and v1.5 has also been built - and it works quite well - however there is currently no working network support.....

So is there a chance that networking will work at some point?

Just hoping   8)
cytan

chennecke

Any chance someone releases a build to the public to give it a try?

Terry

There is eCS-OS/2 development activity...

[1] Here's a VirtualBox OS/2 screenshot: http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/vbox_os2_alpha.png

[2] Here's what it says about VirtualBox Host/Guest OS/2http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes

"Works, with Additions. Requires VT-x hardware virtualization support. Only MCP2 is reported to work reliably so far."

[3] Here's a VirtualBox OS/2 search:
http://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=OS%2F2&noquickjump=1&ticket=on&discussion=on&changeset=on&wiki=on

[4] Here's a VirtualBox eCS search:
http://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=eCS&noquickjump=1&ticket=on&discussion=on&changeset=on&wiki=on

[5] Here's a VirtualBox eComStation search: http://www.virtualbox.org/search?q=eComStation&noquickjump=1&ticket=on&discussion=on&changeset=on&wiki=on



cytan

Am I mistaken, it looks like networking is working in the screenshot.

cytan

RobertM

Quote from: cytan on 2007.09.13, 18:37:51
Am I mistaken, it looks like networking is working in the screenshot.

cytan


IIRC, the screenshots are of an older version ported by someone else... which means Paul is working with the newer source, and facing all the challenges that entails (including getting network support running).

Perhaps this is something Bounty-able? How much interest is there in VirtualBox 1.5?


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cytan

Quote from: RobertM on 2007.09.14, 08:36:12
Quote from: cytan on 2007.09.13, 18:37:51
Am I mistaken, it looks like networking is working in the screenshot.

cytan


IIRC, the screenshots are of an older version ported by someone else... which means Paul is working with the newer source, and facing all the challenges that entails (including getting network support running).

Perhaps this is something Bounty-able? How much interest is there in VirtualBox 1.5?

Great idea about the bounty! I think it's important to have a supported VM for OS/2. I'm going to put some $$ where my mouth is. I just went to the bounty page, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to add a new bounty.  help  ???

cytan


os2monkey

I would be interested in contributing to the bounty too, if we can get it setup.