From: "Neil Waldhauer" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.10) with ESMTP id 12752568 for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:29:42 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([50.73.8.217]:43118 helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by mail.2rosenthals.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1u46lh-0000000022q-1blc for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:29:41 -0400 Received: from blondeguy.com ([63.249.102.192]:54359) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1u46lf-000000001fW-0iGw for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:29:39 -0400 Received: from [192.168.46.22] (c-73-71-232-6.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.71.232.6]) by host11.cruzio.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C71581DF1B57 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:29:37 -0700 (PDT) X-SASI-Hits: BODYTEXTP_SIZE_3000_LESS 0.000000, BODY_SIZE_2000_2999 0.000000, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0.000000, BODY_SIZE_7000_LESS 0.000000, CTE_7BIT 0.000000, DATE_TZ_NA 0.000000, ECARD_WORD 0.000000, HTML_00_01 0.050000, HTML_00_10 0.050000, IN_REP_TO 0.000000, LEGITIMATE_SIGNS 0.000000, MSGID_SAMEAS_FROM_HEX_844412 0.100000, MSG_THREAD 0.000000, NO_URI_HTTPS 0.000000, RCVD_FROM_IP_DATE 0.100000, REFERENCES 0.000000, SENDER_NO_AUTH 0.000000, SINGLE_URI_IN_BODY 0.000000, SUSP_DH_NEG 0.000000, USER_AGENT 0.000000, __ANY_URI 0.000000, __BODY_NO_MAILTO 0.000000, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0.000000, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT 0.000000, __CT 0.000000, __CTE 0.000000, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0.000000, __DQ_NEG_DOMAIN 0.000000, __DQ_NEG_HEUR 0.000000, __DQ_NEG_IP 0.000000, __FILESHARE_PHRASE 0.000000, __FORWARDED_MSG 0.000000, __FUR_HEADER 0.000000, __HAS_FROM 0.000000, __HAS_MSGID 0.000000, __HAS_REFERENCES 0.000000, __HEADER_ORDER_FROM 0.000000, __IN_REP_TO 0.000000, __MAIL_CHAIN 0.000000, __MIME_BOUND_CHARSET 0.000000, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0.000000, __MIME_TEXT_P 0.000000, __MIME_TEXT_P1 0.000000, __MIME_VERSION 0.000000, __MOZILLA_USER_AGENT 0.000000, __MSGID_HEX_844412 0.000000, __NO_HTML_TAG_RAW 0.000000, __PHISH_SPEAR_SUBJ_PREDICATE 0.000000, __RCVD_FROM_DOMAIN 0.000000, __REFERENCES 0.000000, __SANE_MSGID 0.000000, __SCAN_D_NEG 0.000000, __SCAN_D_NEG2 0.000000, __SCAN_D_NEG_HEUR 0.000000, __SCAN_D_NEG_HEUR2 0.000000, __SINGLE_URI_TEXT 0.000000, __SUBJ_ALPHA_END 0.000000, __SUBJ_ALPHA_NEGATE 0.000000, __SUBJ_REPLY 0.000000, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0.000000, __TO_NAME 0.000000, __TO_NAME_DIFF_FROM_ACC 0.000000, __TO_REAL_NAMES 0.000000, __URI_IN_BODY 0.000000, __URI_MAILTO 0.000000, __URI_NOT_IMG 0.000000, __URI_NO_PATH 0.000000, __URI_NS 0.000000, __URI_WITHOUT_PATH 0.000000, __USER_AGENT 0.000000 X-SASI-Probability: 8% X-SASI-RCODE: 200 X-SASI-Version: Antispam-Engine: 5.1.4, AntispamData: 2025.4.13.224228 Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS] To upgrade to VBox 7.1.6 or not To: Virtualized eCS Users Mailing List References: Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:29:37 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 04/13/25 01:43 pm, Massimo S. wrote: > > > Il 13/04/2025 18:01, Neil Waldhauer ha scritto: >> On 04/12/25 03:29 pm, Doug Bissett wrote: >>> On 2025-04-12, at 12:00:55, Allen Heath wrote: >>>> I've been happily running as a guest under VirtualBox 6.1.40 since >>>> 2022. >>>> However, it always reminds me that 7.1.6 is available, but I've been >>>> reluctant to rock a well working boat. What's the advantage or >>>> disadvantage of either version under Windoze 11 host? >>>> >>>> The only "problems" I've had since 2022 are: >>>> * shared folders sometimes show shared host file timestamps in the >>>> Guest as >>>> GMT times for a while, then magically start displaying in the local >>>> timezone. And when that happens, if I create a file on the shared >>>> folder >>>> with the guest it appears at GMT time in the guest but the host >>>> displays it >>>> correctly in local time. But restarting VirtualBox or just waiting >>>> a while >>>> the issue cures itself. >>>> * pretty good luck with the PCNet-Fast III adapter except that Net >>>> Used >>>> drives (or even a massive FTP) run out of resources after a lot of >>>> copying >>>> and then resume working again if I pause for about 10 minutes and then >>>> retry the operation. >>>> >>>> Will an upgrade fix any of this or just cause new problems? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Al >>> >> [snip] >> >> I'm trying to install eCS 2.1 on VirtualBox 7.1.6. I have not found a >> configuration that can finish the install. My best effort so far got >> to a place where printer installation was going on, but then the eCS >> installer said "Error zip file read error". At the same time, >> VirtualBox reports a crash and can't go on. >> >> I've used this iso a lot. I don't think it's defective. The installer >> seems to run. >> >> What system chipset do you recommend? Network card? >> >> I have also tried my eCS 2.2 b2, but that also crashes during the >> installation (TRAP in DaniS506) > > hi, > > don't use danis driver on VMs they do not work > > massimo Thank you! I now have a VM where eCS installation completed. The network does not function. What eCS driver would you recommend with the Intel PRO/1000 MT adapter? -- Neil Waldhauer neil@blondeguy.com www.blondeguy.com Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp, ArcaOS and eComStation