OS/2 2.0 does not boot in 4.0

[mvcube]

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

 

[John@Parallels]

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

 

[mvcube]

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

 

[John@Parallels]

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

 

[mvcube]

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.

 

[John@Parallels]

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

 

[mvcube]

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.