OS/2 Warp 4 bombed out on me at a time of idleness, at an OS/2 command prompt,
with Trap 000e. After that, the hard disks were inaccessible, but mysteriously
became accessible again while in DR-DOS 7.03. Then I booted Linux but couldn't
mount the HPFS partition because it had the "dirty" flag, from OS/2 terminating
abnormally. So I tried booting OS/2 Warp 4 again, got Trap 000d when CHKDSKing
the HPFS partition on second hard disk, was never able to access hard disks
again, but intend to try and see if I can rejumper and access the hard disks
with one at a time installed. When I tried subsequently to boot OS/2 Warp 4
updated boot diskettes, I got trap 000d. However, I can boot Linux N_5380.S
kernel and root diskette, either by diskettes or by LOADLIN, and access the
Iomega external SCSI Zip 250, but when I try to mount the internal SCSI CD-ROM,
the system hangs.
Did you ever try running Arachne in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business VDM? When
I ran Arachne in OS/2 Warp 4 VDM, it was much slower than under DR-DOS 7.03.
Downloading with DOS Lynx386 was also much slower in OS/2 Warp 4 VDM than under
DR-DOS 7.03.
I found OS/2 Warp 4 Workplace Shell much more user-friendly than Windows. I was
able to run some Windows programs, even some 32-bit programs with Win32s. I see
they are running more Win32 programs with Project Odin, and this will be part of
eComStation by Serenity Systems, which is client successor to OS/2 Warp 4. Most
people in the computer business never heard of eComStation. Indelible Blue,
sole reseller of eComStation in the U.S.A., went out of business May 31, 2001,
passing the eComStation baton to Prism Data Works
(http://www.prismdataworks.com/ecs)
eComStation has a Web site http://www.ecomstation.com
I would like to see how NetBSD compares to Linux. (Free, Net, Open)BSD users
keep saying how their OS is sturdier than Linux.
