This site documents my attempts to get the German version of IBM OS/2 Version 3 running with QEMU. The site was created for the QEMU Official OS Support List.

Data:

Current state: Hangs during installation.

Tested QEMU versions: 0.9.1, 0.10.5, 0.11.0, 0.11.1, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.12.3, 0.12.4, 0.12.5, 1.0, 1.2, 2.6, 6.2.0

Screenshots:

Booting with qemu-system-i386 -drive file=/media/cdrom1/diskimgs/os2/35/disk0.dsk,if=floppy,readonly -cdrom /dev/sr1 -boot a /media/backup/images/os2.img on the command line.


The installation starts up fine and requests the second disc.


The disc is changed with the command change floppy0 /media/cdrom1/diskimgs/os2/35/disk1_cd.dsk in the QEMU monitor. You can also use the image for the floppy installation (disk1.dsk) here, the result will be the same.


After confirmation the screen changes...


...and tells us to wait after some time.


Some seconds later the screen goes completely black with just a not blinking cursor left in the upper left corner. Update: With 6.2.0 the cursor is blinking now, but the installation still doesn't continue.