James Coyle wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-
My problem has always been that I need to get it running in a VMware
with working TCP/IP, and it must be able to recognize a USB stick or
drive (or have some way to access a drive from a Windows machine).
I haven't been able to get this to work well in the past.
(getting on my soapbox) ArcaOS is just Warp 4.52 with SNAP drivers
installed. Don't bother wasting your money. For a BBS, it's overkill.
Right now, it's mainly just window dressing on eCS. A lot of the issues
with the kernel haven't been addressed and ArcaOS is still a single-user OS. While it's a good start, there's a long way to go to earn my money for such
a high price tag for an old OS (IMNSHO and a 20 year veteran of running
OS/2).
As you've seen, getting OS/2 of any strip to work with USB sticks can be a frustrating experience.
That reason (amongst many others) is why I gave up on OS/2 and moved to
Linux. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for OS/2 though. If it magically was updated to modern standards without having to put in all of
these extra drivers yourself externally, it'd be great. (Okay, off my
soapbox now.)
Getting Peer Networking (SMB) to work under Warp 4 is fun because there's
bugs in the setup. It's actually not too hard to fix. It works much better than trying to get USB sticks to work though I accidentally somehow got it
to recognize my old 500GB WD My Book external drive (USB 2.0) a few times.
Fair warning: if you're using Windows 10, you're going to do some hacking
with the Windows registry to get its SMB to work with Warp's SMB unless you want to go through the time and effort of installing a ported version of
Samba on your Warp system.
This is the website I first used back in the 90s to get things going and it still applies to OS/2 Warp 4+. I believe this "bug" was fixed in eCS and
hence ArcaOS.
https://stuff.mit.edu/activities/os2/peer/WARPPEER.HTM
Make sure you have the networking in the VM set to passthru, not bridged.
I hope this helps. If this doesn't make sense or you have questions, you
can let me know here or via email at sysop at outpostbbs dot net.
If absolute worse case happens, I can make a fresh VB or VMware Player VM
for you of OS/2.
From my experience, getting Warp to run in a VM is a bit of a bitch. Warp's always done better on real hardware but if you really want to do it, you can get Warp to behave under a VM, but be prepared to put a lot of time and
effort into doing so. I am not trying to discourage you from doing this as Mystic under OS/2 would be a very welcome addition but just giving you a heads-up, that's all.
-- Sean
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