On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Ingo Strüwing <ingo.struew...@web.de> wrote: > Am 06.02.2013 00:31, schrieb Chris Angelico: > ... >> Here's the scenario. We have a number of OS/2 computers that are >> getting a bit old; 32-bit operating systems aren't that great these >> days. But there's some software that the users want to keep using, >> totally not worth porting to Linux, and we want to be able to support >> it via virtualization. By running OS/2 inside Linux, we gain a variety >> of benefits, including easy migration of some parts of the daily work >> (for instance, web browsing can be done with a Linux browser instead >> of hunting down an OS/2 port of FIrefox that lags behind in versions). >> Most of that project is working quite happily (there are issues with >> printing, but that's separate), but there are small "rough edges" that >> make things feel uncomfortable. It's hard enough to "sell" the idea of >> virtualizing without having extra barriers in the way of things :) The >> OS/2 guest is fully trusted. It used to "own" the whole computer, so >> there's no reason to forbid it access now. > > The scenario sounds like a good candidate for the seamless mode. Are you > using it? If not, can you try, if it makes a difference in mouse > control? (I have never tried seamless mode myself yet.)
Seamless mode doesn't seem to be supported with OS/2 guests as yet. ChrisA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
