From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GiP95-0004u5-LT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:41:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAA5dV95005336; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:39:31 GMT Received: from mailout1.igs.net (mailout1.igs.net [216.58.97.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAA5bOfL017829 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:37:24 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i216-58-63-77.cybersurf.com [216.58.63.77]) by mailout1.igs.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DC965840 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:37:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:38:55 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:38:55 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody got OS/2 working under linux? Message-ID: <20061110053855.GA20229@waltdnes.org> References: <20061109040005.GA16999@waltdnes.org> <004601c703c8$d99ee440$450a0a0a@locutus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004601c703c8$d99ee440$450a0a0a@locutus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: ac4d111f-f028-4ab3-b01c-cdcce3e36517 X-Archives-Hash: a49a7ae9a26e8a3f2502fec6d9bd4f3f On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:32:08PM -0800, Daevid Vincent wrote > Have you tried VMWare? > > The workstation version has a free 30 day trial (just emerge it). > > Then you can make a VM for OS/2 however you like it, and use the FREE VMWare > Player to continue indefinitely. > > I suspect VMWare will work flawlessly for you -- it's pretty much the single > best piece of software ever written. Thanks for making me look deeper. I had originally looked at the list of supported guest OS's, didn't see OS/2 there, and assumed the worst. When I saw your email, I searched the vmware.com site for OS/2, looking for the official "no such thing" statement to include in my reply. I did find some discussions on their forums about people who had succeeded. OS/2 is apparently not officially supported, but there are undocumented parameters in the VMX file like... GuestOS = "os2experimental" It looks like it can be done, depending on the phase of the moon, etc. This could be interesting. -- Walter Dnes In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://techsec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list