13 Aug
2021
13 Aug
'21
5:08 p.m.
dep composed on 2021-08-13 21:57 (UTC):
I have often considered what it would be like to boot
and run one of my old
OS/2 installs on my current system. When OS/2 2.0 was released IBM said
that we needed 4 but preferably 8 mb -- not gb, mb -- of memory. And I had
a luxurious 340mb Micropolis hard drive (purchased at the
they-ll-never-be-this-cheap-again price of $650). So it should be possible
to load the entire system into a ramdrive and have, what, 31 gigs of
memory left over. I think it would run pretty quickly.
I've been
running "OS/2" for 9 years on this motherboard:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813135022
and this CPU:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/27249/intel-core-2-duo…
Virtually 24/7 it's what I'm running, but occasionally I boot it to openSUSE/TDE:
# inxi -pa | grep hpfs
ID-8: /hpfs/F raw-size: 800.1 MiB size: 800.1 MiB (100.00%) used: 609.6 MiB (76.2%) fs:
hpfs block-size: 512 B
ID-9: /hpfs/G raw-size: 1.95 GiB size: 1.95 GiB (100.00%) used: 1.91 GiB (98.0%) fs:
hpfs block-size: 512 B
ID-10: /hpfs/H raw-size: 933.4 MiB size: 933.4 MiB (100.00%) used: 865.8 MiB (92.8%) fs:
hpfs block-size: 512 B
ID-11: /hpfs/I raw-size: 2.44 GiB size: 2.44 GiB (100.00%) used: 1.95 GiB (79.7%) fs:
hpfs block-size: 512 B
ID-12: /hpfs/J raw-size: 58.59 GiB size: 58.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 44.19 GiB (75.4%) fs:
hpfs block-size: 512 B
# inxi -bay
System:
Kernel: 5.3.18-lp152.87-default x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0
parameters: root=LABEL=16s152 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume
mitigations=auto consoleblank=0 5
Desktop: Trinity R14.0.10 tk: Qt 3.5.0 info: kicker wm: Twin 3.0 vt: 7
dm: TDM Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.2
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ELITE SYSTEM product: P965T-A v: 1.x serial: N/A
Chassis: Intel type: 3 v: P965T-A serial: N/A
Mobo: ELITE SYSTEM model: P965T-A v: 1.0x serial: N/A BIOS: Phoenix
v: 6.00 PG date: 08/30/2007
CPU:
Info: Dual Core Intel Core2 6400 [MCP] arch: Core Merom speed: 1628 MHz
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD RV370 [Radeon X600/X600 SE] driver: radeon v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:5b62 class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1400x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 370x277mm (14.6x10.9")
s-diag: 462mm (18.2")
Monitor-1: DVI-0 res: 1400x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 87 size: 408x306mm (16.1x12.0")
diag: 510mm (20.1")
OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV370 v: 2.1 Mesa 19.3.4 direct render: Yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 driver: e100
v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: bf00 bus-ID: 04:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:1229
class-ID: 0200
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.1 GiB used: 72.75 GiB (24.4%)
Info:
Processes: 154 Uptime: 0h 16m wakeups: 1268 Memory: 1.93 GiB
used: 432.7 MiB (21.9%) Init: systemd v: 234 runlevel: 5
target: multi-user.target tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: N/A
note: see --pkg Shell: Bash v: 4.4.23 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06
Technically what I have is called eComStation, which since has morphed into ArcaOS.
https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/
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based on faith, not based on science.
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata