Creating and using a legacy ibm os2 virtual machine in virtualbox. Vmware validated design for softwaredefined data center. Find iso images with 1 boot cdrom iso and 1 install cdrom iso this is a much easier approach for installing. Well really i didnt do anything out of the ordinary for installing os 2 warp 3 or atleast i dont think i did. Unfortunately, it doesnt look like the cd is bootable, and for some reason parallels doesnt like. How to clone your boot drive to ssd without having to reinstall windows or any other programs duration. I created a new vm selecting typical for the vm configuration, followed by other for the operating system and other for the version.
Installing os2 warp in a virtual machine os2 museum. Installing os2 warp on virtualbox kevs development toolbox. A few points over the years i looked to see if once the product was discontinued if there would be a free download of the install disk images. The connect version includes ethernet networking and peertopeer file sharing. To circumvent this restrictions you will have to download one of the following disk. Microsoft ibm os 2 warp 4 virtualbox installation and. Includes the much sought after microsoft 386 c compiler. Can warp run in a virtual machine, like parallels for mac. Domain name workgroupdomain name, ibmpeers is default though i changed it to. Ibm os 2 warp 4 collectiondiscontinued software ibm os2 warp 4 9. Os2 warp 3, 4, ecomstation runs as a virtualbox guest. Os2 warp 4 incorporated a number of new technologies over os2 warp 3, such as java, opengl, opendoc, and voicetype. Installers with floppy disk boot images require swapping the disk images which is tedious. Later versions of this os are available from serenity systems under the name ecomstation.
In other settings at that point, i used type ibm os2, version os2 warp 4. Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete. It also updated the appearance of the workplace shell. With virtual pc and parallels workstation most of this problems dont exist. Microsoft ibm os2 warp 4 virtualbox installation and first look. I used os2 warp for a couple of years in the 90s and really liked it, although i mostly ran dos and windows programs under it. If you prefer to install os2 warp in a virtualbox you need to set the following.
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