[Wine] vm86 mode is not supported

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:52 AM, hbar<wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
>
> 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?
>

No you can not get vm86 in your 64 bit kernel. But you can install
your application in a 32 bit linux under virtualbox if you have to and
then copy your wine prefix to your 64 bit machine. That is if only the
installer is a dos application.

John