> What is your setup???  I want to run VM to play with OS2 and cannot seem to 
 > make it work...
 > 
 > Can U expand??

My setup is still a work in progress (slightly).  All my BBS related
programs run in VMs (using VMWare workstation 6.5).  One of them uses
eComstation 2.0 using the JFS.  I could never get eCS to run in a VM using
anything but JFS as the file system.  The other VM runs Windows XP for my
mailer (D'Bridge/BinkD and mailtossing).  The BBS nodes and data now reside
on the eCS VM.  I'm using the Ray Gwinn SIO/Vmodem drivers on the eCS VM
for inbound telnet.

I had the bright idea to load Samba with the EVFS mounting of remote
drives, so that I could have eCS map to a Active Directory shares.  I had
moved the entire BBS data structure over from eCS to my physical W2k8
server drive/share.  The nodes still ran on eCS, but mapped over to their
data.  I was having random crashes of eCS (JFS trap related crashes) when I
had that setup.  So, I spent part of my weekend moving everything back the
way it was.  All data is back physically on the eCS VM for the BBS.  The
other VM and my server map to the eCS VM.  

I do plan on using Samba for eCS (since the peer lan manager is not
robust). There must be some type of problem with the EVFS mountpoint
software and how it interacts with the JFS file system.

Anyway, I spent way too much time this weekend getting the mess
straightened out over here.  I did test many new ideas, though.  I tested
DOSBOX - which did work great with my BBS software/doors, etc - but the
modem emulation on telnet 23 didn't work totally correct.  It would echo
characters on just about everything on my BBS except for my editor.  Not
sure why.  Also, there is no "Telnet Server" for DOSBOX that I'm
aware of.  I can't use a Fossil based setup, since WWIV doesn't use Fossil
(except for some doors).  

I also tested NetSerial.  Worked GREAT - but my BBS hates Windows XP.  All
programs that "shrink" before running (basically all external
programs, editors, etc) all crash the XP DOS window.  

So, long story short, my plan is to stick with eComstation for the BBS
nodes, enhance their networking ability, and run the other programs on my
XP VM.  I'm using a program called AutoMate to monitor when mail comes in
and kick off my mailtossing batch file.  Works fantastic.  All data resides
once again on my eCS JFS formatted drive, which is shared.

Hope that explains it better.

- Mark

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