[Wine] Re: vm86 mode is not supported

hbar wineforum-user at winehq.org
Thu Jun 11 10:52:02 CDT 2009


felix wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 03:27:37PM -0500, hbar wrote:
> 
> > fixme:shell:DllCanUnloadNow stub
> > wine: configuration in '/home/cnelson/.wine' has been updated.
> > wine: Cannot start DOS application "E:\\home\\cnelson\\Desktop\\plsqldev715.exe"
> > because vm86 mode is not supported on this platform.
> > 
> > 
> 
> That last line is the problem, app may be windows 32bit, but the
> installer is a DOS executable which requires vm86 mode to be present 
> in the kernel.
> 


Well you had to know this question was coming:  how do I get that vm86 mode in my kernel?  Is it even possible on a 64bit OS?







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