From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:26 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1642 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 13 April 2008 Number 1642 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Virtualisation returns to OS/2 (eComstation) : Michael/Gail Peters" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:29:19 +1000 From: "Michael/Gail Peters" Subject: Re: Virtualisation returns to OS/2 (eComstation) Ed, I appreciate your road map very much ... thanks for the effort. Rgds., Mike Peters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Durrant" To: Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 8:57 AM Subject: Virtualisation returns to OS/2 (eComstation) -------------------inter alia -------------------------------------------- > > Why is this relevant ? Well a cut-down version of Win XP would also be > ideal to use in any virtualisation engine including VBox due to it's > reduced resource requirements. > > > We all know Virtualisation can be used to run a different Operating > System - Windoze, Linsux etc. on top of eComStation, also to run multiple > systems concurrently on one system, but consider what can be done with an > isolated, header less, background winXP installation on eCS. > > It can run as a router to VPN clients that only work on Windoze. > It can run as a print data converter feeding print out to Win Printers > (i.e generic postscript in printer specific format out). > It can run as a scanning server for scanners without OS/2 support. > It can run as a bittorrent engine. > I'm sure there are many other applications for this approach. > > Create the configuration with the GUI turned on and then run the same > virtual hard disk in the background command line mode and forget about > it - it simply becomes another module of your system that loads when you > start the system. Most important - it is run in a secure container so if > it gets virus infected, you can close it down (no updates written) and > restart it from a previous snapshot. > > Food for thought ...... > > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------