First post, by Dracolich
Hello, everyone. I hope this is the right forum for this question.
On my i430TX rig I've had Warp installed and running on a Quantum 1.0GB disk for a while. I did not have the boot manager installed and it was a hassle to switch between the OS2 and DOS disk drives to multiboot. Thus I made raw backups of the disks and continued playing with the OS2 as a VM in PCem. It worked fine in the VM and the specs were very close to my real hardware. I could also write the backup back to the hd and it would work on the real hardware.
Recently I got a Syba CF->IDE adapter to replace the primary master disk in this computer. Now I have reduced the DOS installation to <1GB and transferred to a CF and it works nicely. Windows 3.11 has a small quirk that sound effects play too fast. The exit sound had to be disabled as it caused Windows to hang when exiting. I have also installed Puppy Linux 2.17 to another CF and it works fine.
OS/2, however, is giving a fit. It displays the splash screen but freezes. I can press Alt+F2 at the "blob" to see drivers while loading and it is hanging on I2OSOSM.ADD. I came across a thread on this site where another user had the same problem but it was not solved. There are only a few differences between the configuration of the hardware and the VM.
Hardware VM
i430TX i430VX
intel 233MMX AMD 233MMX
128MB RAM 128MB RAM
1GB CF IDE0 1GB IDE0
18GB IDE1 CD-ROM IDE1
Zip100 IDE2 2GB IDE2
CD-ROM IDE3 empty IDE3
Floppy A, B Floppy A, B
2x USB 1.0 USB N/A
4MB Virge/GX 4MB Virge/DX
4MB Voodoo1 4MB Voodoo1
SB16 SB16
DFE530TX+ NET N/A
Both the 18GB IDE1 and the 2GB IDE2 are FAT32 non-booting disks. I have tried disconnecting the 18GB disk and the Zip100; and have tried swapping the Zip and CD-ROM. I wonder if it might be reading too fast. I tried disabling UDMA for it but that didn't help. One thing I haven't tried yet is arranging the CD-ROM and 18GB disk to match the VM positions. I know OS/2 is picky, but could it be so much that it complains if non-booting drives are rearranged? I hope it can be solved without reinstalling. I can attach the CONFIG.SYS if anyone has ideas and needs to see it.