From: "Massimo S." <virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com>
Reply-To: ml@ecomstation.it
Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS] Virtual box 6.0.14 r 133895, acpi shutdown with
 AOS 5.0.3 and virtual cpu - 2 cpu success
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:54:31 +0100
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Il 16/01/2020 04:03, Doug Bissett ha scritto:
> On 2020-01-15, at 11:26:33, Massimo S. wrote:
>>
>>
>> Il 15/01/2020 06:33, Doug Bissett ha scritto:
>>> On 2020-01-14, at 17:32:52, Massimo S. wrote:
>>>>
>>> ...snip...
>>> i reinstalled the guest VM AOS 5.0.3 with ACPI modern
>>> hardware
>>>>>> and now it see 2 virtual CPUs
>>>>> I will be surprised, if that doesn't cause hangs.
>>>>
>>>> it seems rock solid stable
>>> I tried a new install of ArcaOS 5.0.4 (I have 5.0.3, but it isn't
>>> handy). I can't even get it to boot if I enable a second processor.
> It
>>> either hangs, can't find a file, or I get a kernel trap. One
> processor
>>> works properly. This is the same things that I see, if I enable
>>> HYPERTHREADING in a real machine.
>>
>> all well here, i'm surprised, but it's really stable (and fast too!!)
>> now i'm running virtual box 6.0.16 r135674 as hypervisor
>> maybe they fixed something
> 
> I just updated to VirtualBox-6.1.2-135663-Win.exe. I don't see any
> operational changes. I doubt if they fixed anything, related to OS/2.
> 
>> but again, i believe my VMs works well since i've a lot of stuff
>> commented in config.sys e.g. no usb, no winos2, no audio, no
> hpfs, no
>> fat32,
>> no iso fs, no ibmfloppy, no printers, etc.. etc.. etc...
> 
> Sounds like a lot of work, for little gain, but if it does what you want
> it to do, don't mess with it.
> 
>>
>>>>>> shutdown ACPI function still don't work
>>>>> How, exactly, are you doing the shutdown? I always use RMB
>>> and
>>>>> select shutdown. From there, you have options.
>>>>
>>>> the button on the application bar at the bottom of the screen
>>>> the VM repains open, even if the guest OS has shutdown
>>> I am still not clear what is happening. I did a new install, because
> I
>>> always remove the XCenter shut down button (I have better
> things
>>> to put in XCenter, and there is limited room in the bar). The
>>> XCenter shutdown button takes me to the same place that
> RMB->
>>> Shut down takes me. It turns off, with no problem. The VirtualBox
>>> Manager window is still open (just close it), but the VM is shut
>>> down.
>>
>>
>> when the configuration of all the application servers will be done
>> i will disable the WPS (as i do on my other 2 servers)
>> i will only start presentation manager at boot
>>
>> SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
> 
> Should work okay, I think.
> 
>>>>>> i've also a small issue
>>>>>> i must install boot manager to make the guest OS in the VM
> to
>>>>> boot
>>>>>> even if i have the primary partition (about 4GB JFS) startable
>>>>>> the VM don't boot without boot manager
>>>>> If you have only ONE boot volume, and it is drive C:, and it is
> a
>>>>> primary partition, you don't need Boot Manager (and, I hope
> you
>>>>> mean Air Boot, not the ancient Boot Manager, which can have
>>>>> problems with ACPI).
>>>> no
>>>>
>>>> my C: is JFS primary startable 3999 MegaBytes
>>>> the VM don't boot from disk
>>>> i'm forced to install Airboot (the one that install automatically
>>> AOS)
>>>>
>>>> i'd like that AOS could boot directly :(
>>> I can't even imagine what is causing that. I have never had that
>>> problem, and I have installed ArcaOS (various versions), many
>>> times. If I use a boot drive letter other than C:, or if I make it an
>>> extended partition, or if I make more than one boot partition, I do
>>> need Air Boot (or Boot Manager), as expected (same as on a
> real
>>> machine).
>>> It appears that you are doing something wrong, but I don't know
>>> what it might be.
>>
>>
>> please share with me your config.sys (privately)
>> i'll do the same
> 
> I would attach it, but I don't think attachments are allowed in this
> mail list. There is nothing private about it. It is pretty much as it was
> installed, except I used my LCSS (Logical Config.Sys Sort,
> available from HOBBES) utility on it. There are a few tweaks, but
> none of them would affect shutdown. Sorting *may* affect
> something (but I doubt it).
> 
>> in the meantime my aos503 VM with 2 cores is very very very
> stable ;)
> 
> As I said, if it does what you want it to do, use it the way it is.
> 
>> massimo
> 
> CONFIG.SYS not sent. I don't have your address...


here you are my one, as you can see workplaceshell is still active
but when it will go into production i will disable it

i can say that with this configuration
4GigaBytes 2 cores the VM is very very very stable:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\UNICODE.SYS
IFS=C:\OS2\JFS.IFS /LW:5,20,4 /AUTOCHECK:*
	rem IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:*
	rem IFS=C:\OS2\FAT32.IFS /cache:2048 /h /q /ac:* /largefiles
	rem CALL=C:\OS2\CACHEF32.EXE /f /p:2 /m:50000 /b:250 /d:5000 /S
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:C:\IBMCOM /S
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:C:\IBMCOM
PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=C:\OS2\OS2.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
SET OS2_SHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS,CONNECTIONS
SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
LIBPATH=.;C:\usr\local\lib;C:\usr\lib;C:\SYS\DLL;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\IBMGSK50\LIB;C:\IBMGSK40\LIB;C:\IBMGSK\LIB;C:\MPTN\DLL;C:\TCPIP\DLL;C:\IBMCOM\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;C:\MMOS2\DLL;C:\SYS\APPS\AMOUSE;C:\MMOS2\FREEDB;C:\SYS\APPS\4OS2;C:\PROGRAMS\ARCTOOL;
SET 
PATH=C:\sys\bin;C:\OS2;C:\USR\LOCAL\BIN;C:\USR\SBIN;C:\USR\BIN;C:\IBMGSK50\BIN;C:\IBMGSK40\BIN;C:\IBMGSK\BIN;C:\MPTN\BIN;C:\TCPIP\BIN;C:\IBMCOM;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\MMOS2\FREEDB;C:\MMOS2;C:\MMOS2\MMPLAYER;C:\SYS\APPS\4OS2;C:\PROGRAMS\ARCTOOL;c:\util\fc;
SET 
DPATH=C:\MPTN;C:\IBMCOM;C:\IBMCOM\MACS;C:\SYS\LANG;C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\BITMAP;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\MMOS2;C:\MMOS2\INSTALL;C:\SYS\APPS\4OS2;
SET PROMPT=[$p]
SET 
HELP=C:\MPTN;C:\OS2\HELP;C:\SYS\HELP;C:\sys\apps\AMOUSE;C:\TCPIP\HELP;C:\MMOS2\HELP;C:\sys\apps\4OS2;
SET GLOSSARY=C:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
SET IPF_KEYS=SBCS
PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
FILES=40
PSD=ACPI.PSD
BASEDEV=APM.ADD
BASEDEV=DANIS506.ADD /FORCEGBM /!BM
BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT
BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG2.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
COUNTRY=039,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
CODEPAGE=850,437
DEVINFO=KBD,IT141,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
SET LANG=it_IT_EURO
SET TZ=CET-1CES,3,-1,0,0,10,-1,0,0,3600
SET ULSPATH=C:\LANGUAGE
BUFFERS=90
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=D,LW
MAXWAIT=1
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=C:\OS2\SYSTEM 256000 256000
BREAK=OFF
THREADS=1024
PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
SET KEYS=ON
SET BOOKSHELF=C:\OS2\BOOK;C:\sys\book;C:\TCPIP\HELP;C:\MMOS2;C:\sys\apps\4OS2;
SET SOMIR=C:\OS2\ETC\SOM.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPSH.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPDSERV.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\REXX.IR
SET SOMDDIR=C:\OS2\ETC\DSOM
	rem BASEDEV=TIMER0.SYS
RUN=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\LVMALERT.EXE
RUN=C:\OS2\EXTENDFS.EXE *
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;S:\DELETE,512;Z:\DELETE,512;
	rem BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
	rem BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
BASEDEV=OS2LVM.DMD
BASEDEV=CHKDSK.SYS
SET EPMPATH=C:\OS2\APPS;
PROTECTONLY=NO
SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS

DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q
IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\UDF.IFS /Q
IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /Q /W
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\AMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\PSCOM.SYS
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
SET DEVICEFONTDISABLED=NO
SET DIRCMD=/v
SET LOGFILES=C:\var\log
RESERVEDRIVELETTER=R
SET TMP=C:\var\temp
SET TEMP=C:\var\temp
SET TMPDIR=C:\var\temp
SET DISPLAYTYPE=VGA
AUTOFAIL=YES
CLOCKSCALE=4
EARLYMEMINIT=TRUE
SUPPRESSPOPUPS=C
SET HOME=C:\Home
SET MOZILLA_HOME=C:\Home
SET USER=User
SET EDITOR=E
SET KAI_AUTOMODE=DART
SET MOZ_NO_RWS=1
SET NOLARGENTEXEICON=1
SET NSPR_OS2_NO_HIRES_TIMER=1
SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY,REBOOTONLY
SET SCCANBENUKED=1
SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=1
SET SHELLHANDLESINC=20
SET TERM=os2
SET UNZIPOPT=-C
VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT=1536
DLLBASING=OFF
SET MMBASE=C:\MMOS2;
SET MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=C:\Programs\MOZ_PLUG
SET PROGRAMS=C:\Programs
SET OSDIR=C:\sys
SET LIBC_HOOK_DLLS=C:\sys\dll\prewrite.dll@_kLIBCInitPath!pathrewrite
SET HOSTNAME=ARCAOS-74EC605
CALL=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIND.EXE
RUN=C:\IBMCOM\LANMSGEX.EXE
SET NLSPATH=C:\MPTN\MSG\NLS\%N;C:\TCPIP\msg\ENUS850\%N;
SET ETC=C:\MPTN\ETC

SET IKEYMAN_HOME=C:\IBMGSK
SET IKEYMAN40_HOME=C:\IBMGSK40
SET IKEYMAN50_HOME=C:\IBMGSK50

DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\BOOT\VIOTBL.DCP
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
SET GRADD_CHAINS=C1
DEVICE=C:\OS2\GRADD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMANWIN.SYS
SET C1=GENGRADD,SBFILTER

SET UNIXROOT=C:
SET CLASSPATH=C:\os2\javaapps\lvmgui.zip;C:\TCPIP\java;
SET TCPLANG=it_IT
	rem DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\bin\vdostcp.sys
SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1
SET USERNAME=User

SET DSPPATH=C:\MMOS2\DSP;
SET NCDEBUG=4000
SET MMYIELD=10
SET MMSTREAM=/S:64 /P:64 /H:256 /Q:1024 /E:1024
	rem RUN=C:\MMOS2\mmfix.exe
	rem RUN=C:\MMOS2\mididmon.exe
	rem RUN=C:\MMOS2\mmhelpdd.exe
	rem DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\ssmdd.sys /S:64 /P:64 /H:256 /Q:1024 /E:1024
	rem DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\r0stub.sys
	rem DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\MMPLAYER\midi.sys
	rem DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\vcshdd.sys
	rem RUN=C:\MMOS2\qrymmcd.exe

RUN=C:\OS2\ACPIDAEMON.EXE
SET BIGICONS=C:\sys\icons\BIGICONS
	rem BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL
	rem DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\ASPIROUT.SYS
	rem CALL=C:\sys\apps\ifx\ifx.exe

DEVICE=C:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\SOCKETSK.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\AFOS2.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\AFINETK.SYS

RUN=C:\MPTN\BIN\CNTRL.EXE
CALL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C C:\MPTN\BIN\MPTSTART.CMD >NUL

DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\MACS\PCNTND.OS2
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\MACS\PCNTND.OS2



massimo