04 Dec 15 18:58, you wrote to me:   
      
      
      
    ml>> the way that i'm aware of it is that many virtual machine emulators   
    ml>> also do not recognise the machine language instructions that OS/2 uses   
    ml>> to boot with... i'm not aware of any way to make then emulate older   
    ml>> CPUs either... i'm just aware that OS/2 pretty much cannot be run in   
    ml>> most machine emulators and this machine instruction problem is the   
    ml>> reason...   
      
    MH> You can always run OS/2 or eCS in a VM.   
      
   wow, that's an "old" message of mine... if my searching is correct, 2015 Aug   
   6...   
      
   as i noted, there's something in the boot process that the VMs don't like or   
   cannot do... i have a neuron trying to kick me to get my attention for   
   something about this... it seems to keep pointing to the problem being during   
   the installation but if you can get it installed, then it should be ok after   
   that...   
      
      
    MH> From my experience, the only thing that won't work is the HPFS.   
      
   i doubt that changing from HPFS is gonna happen over here...   
      
    MH> You need to use either FAT (gasp)   
      
   i gave up FAT a long time ago because some of the server stuff required LFNs...   
      
    MH> or JFS. JFS is in the new eCS builds and works perfectly in a VM.   
      
   i've never messed with JFS... not on OS/2 or linux... i've heard mixed reviews   
   and decided to stick with what i knew worked...   
      
      
   the biggest problem i haven't researched much of is how to take four physical   
   partitions and transfer them to a VM so that they work just like they did on   
   the physical hardware... i'm using QEMU-KVM (i think) for my VM solution... if   
   you have thoughts on this, we probably should take it elsewhere... netmail   
   works if you don't have problems routing it or don't mind dropping it off at   
   my main system which will then deliver it to this point system (routeto   
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   )\/(ark   
      
   "So let me ask you a question about this brave new world of yours. When you've   
   killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and   
   when you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going   
   to do with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to   
   protect your glorious revolution from the next one?"   
   - The twelfth Doctor   
      
   ... URA Redneck if you give Your Wife A Shotgun, For Christmas.   
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