SD> Using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, I was able to get OS/2 running just fine
SD> using HPFS.  I'm not sure why VMWare would have a limitation concerning
SD> HPFS; after all, that's what begat NTFS. :)

I never did figure that one out.  

Originally, I had restored an "image" of my physical OS/2 Warp /
BBS environment directly to a VM.  Each time it would get to the loading of
the HPFS driver to mount the file system, it froze.  

Remarking out the HPFS would get it past that point, but then I had no HPFS
partition loading.  

Installed eCS fresh using HPFS in a VM - same thing.  Picked JFS and it was happy.

- Mark

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