Hi, I am trying my first virtual machine installation using VirtualBox on 64 bit openSUSE 12.2. I have created the machine, tweaked the boot order, number of processors etc and have reached the point where I want to install the OS but when I start I always get a Fatal error. I have tried several CD-ROMs in the drive and every time I get the No Bootable Medium Found message and the drive is shown empty. What am I doing wrong please?
Regards,
On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:46:01 +0000, Budgie2 wrote:
> Hi, I am trying my first virtual machine installation using VirtualBox
> on 64 bit openSUSE 12.2. I have created the machine, tweaked the boot
> order, number of processors etc and have reached the point where I want
> to install the OS but when I start I always get a Fatal error. I have
> tried several CD-ROMs in the drive and every time I get the No Bootable
> Medium Found message and the drive is shown empty. What am I doing
> wrong please?
> Regards,
Physical CDs? Make sure the drive is connected to the VM. It’s not
enough to just put the disc in the drive, you have to connect the drive
to the VM by adding the storage device and telling it to connect at
startup (I forget the exact verbiage, but it’s in the storage
configuration for optical media).
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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I never use optical media in VM’s but prefer to just use the .iso
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:26:06 +0000, caf4926 wrote:
> I never use optical media in VM’s but prefer to just use the .iso
That’s typically what I do as well, but the principle should be the same
regardless of whether it’s an iso or /dev/sr0.
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Hi Jim,
Many thanks. Got it! Am now making progress and OS/2 Warp 4.52 installed but crashes before completion. Need to fiddle with some options. I had forgotten what a pain these old installations were!
Thanks again for the pointer.
Budgie2
Hi and thanks for the hint. Unfortunately OS/2 doesn’t come with simple iso. eCS does but I am trying to get Warp 4.52 up again. Will try eCS next.
Regards,
Budgie2
On 06/09/2013 02:16 PM, Budgie2 wrote:
> I am trying to get Warp 4.52 up again.
for a history/museum exhibit?
i think you may need to try to install it to bare metal of a certain
age…that is, i don’t think many VM’s can support it… and i don’t
think its kernel quite knows what to do with some (lots) of today’s
hardware (maybe eCS is better on both counts…have not tried
it…but, i do have an old laptop (used to be a daily driver) which
still boots Warp…no it is eCS.)
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dd
Same thoughts here. I tried to install SuSE 6.1 ( the one I started my (open)SU/uSE life with) in a VM. Absolute no go. It’s kernel does not know how to deal with the virtualized hardware. It did install on a very old HP laptop, but that machine gave up almost immediately (and yes, it’s dead).
Not quite a museum exhibit and it is proving to be quite a challenge. VirtualBox has both OS/2 and eCS variants available when creating a new machine so I thought there would be some chance. I have managed to get eCS2.1 installed and working although it still needs work to get network access OK.
I take the point about OS/2 and no luck so far as machine stops during final stages of installation. My efforts have however raised some general questions…
During installation of a VM when hardware choices are available such as monitor, video card, NIC etc. should I try and set those parameters as in the host or just accept the defaults? I know these things are all plug and play or detected by modern systems but what is the correct approach in a VM environment when guest seeks answers?
Budgie2
On 06/09/2013 04:56 PM, Budgie2 wrote:
> should I try and set those parameters as
> in the host or just accept the defaults? I know these things are all
> plug and play or detected by modern systems but what is the correct
> approach in a VM environment when guest seeks answers?
> Budgie2
no idea–i’ve never tried it…
but, i would guess maybe google knows…
or, there must be a VB or Warp forum somewhere…
there are things about Warp i still miss…(like the ability to have
a link on the desktop without an icon…or place the name of the icon
above, below, either side of the icon or not at all)
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dd
Budgie2 wrote:
> During installation of a VM when hardware choices are available such as
> monitor, video card, NIC etc. should I try and set those parameters as
> in the host or just accept the defaults? I know these things are all
> plug and play or detected by modern systems but what is the correct
> approach in a VM environment when guest seeks answers?
> Budgie2
Best source for OS/2 help is on the Serenity Systems server. If you’re
using nntp to read news, their nntp server is at news.ecomstation.nl.
I forget what settings I used but Warp 4 was pretty easy to get running. I
think I had to disable acpi or smething like that on the system but memory
fails me about now. The guys on that news server can help you there.
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Will Honea
whonea@whonea.net
On 2013-06-09 07:49, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:26:06 +0000, caf4926 wrote:
>
>> I never use optical media in VM’s but prefer to just use the .iso
>
> That’s typically what I do as well, but the principle should be the same
> regardless of whether it’s an iso or /dev/sr0.
I have done it, but on vmware. It is much slower than the iso file, but
it works.
Sometimes you just don’t have the iso made, and want to save that step.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On 2013-06-09 14:49, dd wrote:
> On 06/09/2013 02:16 PM, Budgie2 wrote:
>> I am trying to get Warp 4.52 up again.
>
> for a history/museum exhibit?
>
> i think you may need to try to install it to bare metal of a certain
> age…that is, i don’t think many VM’s can support it… and i don’t
> think its kernel quite knows what to do with some (lots) of today’s
> hardware (maybe eCS is better on both counts…have not tried it…but,
> i do have an old laptop (used to be a daily driver) which still boots
> Warp…no it is eCS.)
vmware is good for oldtimes software 
I have msdos on it, it is officially supported. I’d guess that os/2 is, too.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On 2013-06-09 14:16, Budgie2 wrote:
>
> caf4926;2563614 Wrote:
>> I never use optical media in VM’s but prefer to just use the .iso
> Hi and thanks for the hint. Unfortunately OS/2 doesn’t come with
> simple iso.
But you can create it.
dd= if=/dev/dvd of=myisofile.iso bs=10M
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
If virtualized hardware is your issue,
then I recommend QEMU instead of any other virtualization.
QEMU supports “full emulation” which means you can emulated any CPU and device that’s imaginable… Yes, even non-x86 like ARM and MIPS and very early versions of x86 like x386 (maybe even earlier, I think I remember seeing something about Commodore, TRS-80 and Compaq).
HTH,
TSU