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diff --git a/results/classifier/deepseek-2-tmp/output/device/912983 b/results/classifier/deepseek-2-tmp/output/device/912983 deleted file mode 100644 index bebc3d62..00000000 --- a/results/classifier/deepseek-2-tmp/output/device/912983 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ - -Unable to install OS/2 Warp v3 past disk 2 - -To whom it may concern, - -As you may (or may not) be aware, QEMU is currently unable to readily install OS/2 Warp v3 (OS2W3) when asked for Installation Diskette 2 (http://www.claunia.com/qemu/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=132&iTestingId=138). - -QEMU 0.8.2 is the last known (to me) release to successfully install OS2W3. QEMU version 1.0 and the latest development version (as of 2012-01-05) have been verified not to work. - -A 'git bisect' reveals the issue was introduced during a migration to new removable media handling prior to the QEMU 0.9.0 release: - - There are only 'skip'ped commits left to test. - The first bad commit could be any of: - 66c6ef7678939f2119eb649074babf5d5b2666f6 - ea185bbda732dae6b6a5a44699f90c83e21f1494 - 19cb37389f4641d48803f0c5d72708749cbcf318 - We cannot bisect more! - -For testing, the 'qcow' hard drive format was chosen due to QEMU 0.8.2 not having 'qcow2': - - $ qemu -M isapc -m 8 -localtime -soundhw sb16 -hda os2.qcow -fda install.img -boot a - -Of note, the ISA-only PC (isapc) was needed for QEMU 0.8.2 to 0.9.0. Otherwise QEMU hangs on start-up. Later versions of QEMU, segmentation fault when attempting to use '-M isapc' though boot correctly when using the default PC machine. - - -The currently preferred method to install OS2W3 is to use another application (such as VirtualBox or VMWare), using a QEMU compatible disk image format. Once installed, QEMU can then run OS2W3; which it does phenomenally well. - -However, I've identified a way to install OS2W3 exclusively with QEMU, which may also shed additional light on the issue. - -1. Using a relatively new QEMU (I'm on 0.11.1), install OS2W3 as you normally would on to a 'qcow2' hard drive. -2. When Installation Diskette 2 is reached, save a VM snapshot. -3. Quit QEMU and re-run, loading the VM state *with* the Installation Diskette 2 image in the floppy drive. - $ qemu -m 8 -localtime -soundhw sb16 -hda os2.qcow2 -fda disk2.img -loadvm install -The installation process will then continue as normal. - -This same method can be used once OS2W3 continues installing from it's GUI. Installation Diskette 7 experiences the same issue of not being recognised when inserted. - -Of note, as an unrelated issue, I was unable to save VM snapshots in QEMU 1.0 or later. - - -Thank you for a fantastic emulator. - - -cheers, -multitude \ No newline at end of file |