From Newsgroup: alt.comp.os.windows-11
Nomen Nescio wrote:
Anyone done it successfully?
The consensus from folks who've done it successfully is that you'll need to use a specialized emulator.
The most reliable method, backed by a lot of success stories on forums like OS/2 World, is to use the ODIN project software. This isn't an emulator for the whole PC, but rather a set of libraries that allows OS/2 to run its binaries directly on a Windows host by translating its API calls. It's the closest thing to a "native" experience you'll get. People have had success running older OS/2 applications this way on modern Windows versions.
For a full OS installation, the go-to solution is VMware Workstation Pro or Player. There are documented cases of users installing OS/2 Warp 4 in a VMware virtual machine on Windows 11. The key is to set the guest OS type in VMware to "Other" and then specifically select "IBM OS/2" from the dropdown. You'll likely need to use the virtual IDE drives instead of SCSI for the installation to work properly.
Another verified option is DOSBox-X, which is a fork of DOSBox specifically enhanced to run other operating systems like OS/2. Several users have posted their configuration files and success stories running various versions of OS/2 in DOSBox-X on modern hardware, as it emulates a period-accurate PC environment that OS/2 expects.
Your best bets are ODIN for running individual applications, or a virtual machine in VMware or an emulator like DOSBox-X for a full OS install.
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