Hi Yankeebean and Kor, Thanks for your tips. Turns out I was already using the settings suggested. The main problem seems to be that every time phase one finishes and the system re-boots, it stops on trying to initiate the video system, and pegs the CPU. The VBox settings for the VM Display were pretty basic: 16 MB of video memory, one monitor, no 2D or 3D acceleration, and Remote Server not enabled.
I'll see if the VirtualBox forum readers have any suggested remedies for this. - Dushan Yankeebean wrote: > If you haven't already, turn off PAE and nested paging for the VM. > Also limit to one CPU. During install, pick manual setup and select > as few options as possible, use the IBM generic IDE driver. > > The VBox OS/2 additions provide a system driver and optimized GRADD > video and mouse drivers which should be loaded at OS/2 bootup via > start.cmd or similar method. Using any other mouse or video driver > can be problematic. APIC and SMP apear to be out as well. Kor wrote: > I managed to install eCS 2.1 as guest in Vbox under Snowleopard, not > in the first try, I needed several attempts. Like Yankeebean said I > had to turn off PAE and nested paging, but I also changed the > motherbord chipset to PIIX3 and also the IDE controller to PIIX3. As > network adapter I used the Intel Pro/1000 MT Desktop, in the adapter > and protocol configuration of eCS this card is called Intel(R) > PRO/1000 Network Connection. For audio I used the ICH AC97. > > The first time I tried to install I entered the key manually, not > nice. But after that I noticed that the USB subsystem was not detected > by the install program, so the next try in the boot options menu I > ticked the option "edit config.sys". After F10 Tedit was started and I > removed the rem's before the USB drivers in the config.sys. USB only > did work during the installation, after the installation I didn't see > the USB device drivers in the config.sys of the guest system. Not a > problem for me, because I could access my NAS with help of the Samba > client in eCS. > > I only used this to run PMmail for a while, so I didn't do to much > tweaking, tried the OS/2 guest additions but for some reason there was > a problem with it I couldn't solve. > > Good luck, > Kor > > > Op 27-08-11 07:37, Dushan Mitrovich schreef: >> Attempts to install eCS 2.1 guest using VBox 4.1.0 and 4.1.2 under >> Mac OS X.6.5 host. >> >> During these attempts the VM window froze up several times, not >> responding to actions that used to work. E.g., clicking on 'Cancel' >> or other icons did nothing, forcing me to do a Force Quit. >> >> Also, when inside the VM window, with the mouse pointer captured by the >> guest OS, clicking a button would cause a VB window to pop up informing >> that the mouse was about to be captured by the guest. This happened >> even tho I had not left the guest since the last several mouse clicks, >> and had previously checked the box 'Do not show this message again'. >> >> After setting up the guest options in the VB Manager, I started the VM, >> which was pointed at the eCS .iso file. The installation Boot Option >> menu came up. For the 'Hardware' option I initially selected options >> other than 'Virtual Machine', since with that option no USB stick is >> accessible from which to copy the lengthy registration key*. But none >> of these choices worked: Each time the boot process would hang (Alt-F2 >> showed where the loading stopped) when loading the relevant graphics >> driver - and I tried all four. >> >> Giving up on this, I went back to specifying 'Virtual Machine' for >> Hardware and 'Panorama' for video, resigned to having to enter the reg. >> key by hand. After that the Boot Option menu informed me that the >> (virtual) Disk 1 had no partition table and asked if it should fix the >> problem. After a 'Yes', it said 'The changes have been applied' and a >> re-boot would be necessary; pressing 'Close' would exit and re-boot. >> The standard eCS Shutdown occurred, claiming I could now press CAD to >> re-boot. >> >> VB's shortcut Cmd-Delete for sending a CAD sequence didn't work, but >> from the menu's File entry it did. I again got the installation Boot >> Option menu, followed by the eCS splash screen, then by a screen asking >> again to pick Easy or Advanced Installation, followed once again by the >> registration key screen. >> >> AHHHHRG - an endless loop! >> >> So far, stymied at every turn. >> >> Any suggestions for what to try next would be appreciated. >> >> I have been runing eCS 1.2R successfully under several versions of >> VBox, using an .hdd file from Parallels, under which it was installed. >> But I have never successfully installed an eCS guest under VBox from >> scratch. >> >> * For those unfamiliar, the reg. name is 22 alphanumeric characters >> long, all but 3 of them unguessable, and the reg. key is 176 alpha >> characters long. Entering nearly 200 random characters correctly, >> multiple times, is not my idea of fun. >> >> - Dushan >> [ reverse the middle word of address to reply ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
