On Monday 21 December 2009 10:05:19 am [email protected] wrote: > Well, this is probably a longshot, however... > > I'm helping a client migrate some legacy systems to VMs in preparation for some technical updates. One of these systems is a venerable Windows 2000 Server system running SQL Server 7.0. Old as it is, it's done its job handily over the years. > > For various reasons, simply imaging the drive and pressing it into service is not our first choice, though we can if we have to. Instead, we've tried to bring up a new VM from scratch. With the drive delay feature described in the manual, we've been able to get Windows 2000 Server to install, update, etc. > > SQL Server 7.0 is another story. As near as I can tell, this product still includes some 16-bit Windows code running via what some of us will remember as "thunking". This blows sky-high in the VM, but apparently doesn't on real metal. > > Any thoughts? Has anyone run into any odd issues with 16-bit code running in Windows 2000 VMs (or other Windows versions) under VirtualBox? I attempted to run Win98 under VirtualBox. SOMEtimes it would appear to work, but I could never get my primary application (for that environment) to install and run correctly. Finally, I gave it up entirely -- in the form of installing WinXP under VirtualBox, installing my application THERE, and continuing life! I realize that this is not very encouraging, but it is my own little horror story! Make of it whatever you will. I hope you have better fortune with YOUR 16-bit stuff!!!
> > Obviously, this is old software that needs to be replaced. However, since there is data that needs to be read out first, an update is not "step one". > > So! Any clever ideas, thoughts, humorous anecdotes, or troubleshooting tips? > > Thanks, > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > Bruce Mac Arthur [email protected] _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
