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Using OS/2 or eComStation on top of "Parallels Desktop for Mac"

[Edit]Installation hints

Many people got problems with installing eComStation or OS/2 on Parallels Desktop for Mac and were not able to solve the problems without further hints. I'd seen that too in our club and decided to prove the no-go or solve that problems and document the way I got it. But I had to wait for the chance to get a Mac for testing.

And, to make a long story short, it really works after spending several hours of reading manuals, postings, mails and waiting for answers to the own posting ...

How to install in a few steps:

1. Before running eComStation installation make sure to disable Intel VT-x support (to be found in "Configuration Editor" -> Options -> Advanced)
2. In installation phase I (just after the hardware recognition) switch the driver for ATAPI/IDE to IBM Standard
3. The network adapter driver for the virtual NIC (RTL8029) can be found in the Parallels tools directory as a disk image VMTOOLS.FDD
4. Connect that image in the moment the network adapter want to be installed

If you don't like to type in your eComStation registry key you can use one of the following ways:

1. Create a regular floppy disk containing your eComStation registry key file on a regular personal computer with a build in disk drive
2. Use a disk imaging tool which can create a file type .IMG or .IMA (e.g. EMT4PM on OS/2)
3. Create your image and rename it to MYECSKEY.FDD
4. Tranfer that file to your Mac in an appropriate way (USB-Stick, network ...)
5. Connect that virtual disk drive in Parallels Desktop for Mac while install procedure quest for it

[Edit]Well tested environments

• MacBook Pro
  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2,16 GHz
  • 120 GB HDD
  • 2 GB RAM
• Parallels Desktop for Mac (Build 3188, 2007-03-07)

[Edit]OS/2 or eComStation guests working

• eComStation 1.1
• eComStation 1.2

[Edit]OS/2 or eComStation guests not yet working

• eComStation 1.0.1

[Edit]External Links

• Parallels Desktop for Mac official forum (http://forum.parallels.com/forumdisplay.php?f=58)
• Parallels Desktop for Mac official forum (Archiv) (http://forum.parallels.com/forum53.html)
• Daniel F Valot: EMT4PM homepage at perso.orange.fr (http://perso.orange.fr/dvalot/emtcopy.htm)

Last changed: 01.11.2007 16:28 by RolandSchmalenberg -