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Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS] To upgrade to VBox 7.1.6 or not

It is part of the Multimac package, from Arca Noae

On 2025-04-13, at 22:06:08, Allen Heath wrote:
>
>Where do you find MMLEM?
>
>On Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 8:41PM Doug Bissett <
>virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
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>> On 2025-04-13, at 16:29:37, Neil Waldhauer wrote:
>> >
>> >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?
>>
>> I am using MMLEM.
>>
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