OS/2 2.0 does not boot in 4.0

Hi!

I tried to migrate an OS/2 2.0 virtual machine to Parallels 4. It no longer boots. I even don't get to the boot manager. Booting from installation floppy 0 isn't working either. I tried to create a new virtual machine and tried to boot it from the floppy image but no luck.

Probably a BIOS change that disables the boot?

I've attached the floppy image 00.img for your convenience. If you get this to boot the issue should be fixed.

Greetings from Germany

Marcus

 

Please check that FDD is enabled and connected in VM - Configure - Hardware - Floppy Disk

 

FDD is enabled. Booting from the HD fails with the same message: Just nothing happens.

 

Boot image is not correct, you need to use software like WinImage to create floppy format, not Disk utility

 

Thank you for the suggestion. I can mount the very same image 00.IMG in another virtual machine. It is just a 1:1 copy of the original disk. Did you unzip the file I posted? The file should have a length of exactly 1,474,560. I can't boot from the HD image either. I assume that the emulated BIOS does not recognize the boot code correctly.

 

of course I unzipped it,
I guess this will be interesting for you
http://www.geocities.com/bearwindows/os2be.htm

 

Thanks for the hint. My test with OS/2 2.0 is just for the fun of it. It was the very first version of OS/2 I've come across during my career as a software developer.