Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody got OS/2 working under linux?

[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 09:00:09AM +0100, Petric Frank wrote

> I made a test install on a VMware Server installation (Host: AMD64 + Gentoo
> 2006.1). I created a VM (OS type other). Then i exit the console, changed in
> the *.vmx file the key "guestOS" to guestOS="os2experimental" and start the
> installation of OS/2 Warp 4 (german) from CD. Somewhere in between i got two
> SYS... messages. After a reboot the install completes and seems to be ok now.

  Before I go ahead, a few more questions...

  1) I have to allow a couple of ~x86 packages in package.keywords
first (yes, I did an "emerge --sync").  Is this expected?
=app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.1.29996-r4 ~x86
=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1 ~x86


  2) I notice that sys-libs/pam is loaded as a dependancy.  I don't mind
the file sitting there, being used by vmware.  Does it just affect
vmware?  If pam kicks in for other programs, it's a showstopper for me.

[m3000][root][~] emerge --ask vmware-server

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1
[ebuild  N    ] sys-apps/xinetd-2.3.14  USE="-perl -tcpd"
[ebuild  N    ] sys-libs/pam-0.78-r3  USE="-berkdb -nis -pam_chroot
-pam_console -pam_timestamp -pwdb (-selinux)"
[ebuild  N    ] app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.1.29996-r4

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] no


  3) My current OS/2 machine is an old PII with a 3.2 gig harddrive.
Can I short-circuit the install by copying the working OS/2 system to
an empty VM?  Think of it as a "stage 3 install for OS/2" <g>.

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