misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz) (06/02/90)
Has anyone installed Windows 3.0 under vpix? I attempted it, but
I get a "General protection violation, cannot emulate instruction"
when the Windows Setup program gets to the second floppy. You
use to be able to run Windows under vpix. Is this no longer true?
Maybe I'll try to install it from DOS and mount the DOS partition
and see if I can at least use it. Any hints or experiences appreciated.
Bill Miskovetz.
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abhg!misko@lll-winken.llnl.govhaugen@bulus3.BMA.COM (John M. Haugen) (06/02/90)
In article <202@abhg.UUCP>, misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz) writes: > Has anyone installed Windows 3.0 under vpix? I attempted it, but > I get a "General protection violation, cannot emulate instruction" > when the Windows Setup program gets to the second floppy. You > use to be able to run Windows under vpix. Is this no longer true? Same problem here. I called ISC and was informed they are aware of the problem. The problem is Microsoft's setup program determines that it is running on a "286" class machine and attempts to use some of the 286 instruction set. The virtual mode of the 386 does not support those instructions and hence the error. Loading it onto a DOS partition from DOS and then running it under vpix in real mode may work. Unfortunately, I don't have a dos partition anymore. I suspect this problem will occur for both SCO and ISC since they are both using the same program for the DOS emulation. My understanding is Microsoft is not in a big hurry to correct this "problem" in that they don't have the problem with their DOS emulation package running on their version of Xenix. I sure hope enough customer pressure comes to bare since the write program that is included is a very nice document generater with its very simple to use commands and ability to output Postscript. If there were only a X based package for about the same price! > Bill Miskovetz. > {uunet!lll-winken, apple!mathworks}!abhg!misko > misko@mathworks.com > abhg!misko@lll-winken.llnl.gov John M. Haugen Domain: haugen@BMA.COM Bull Micral of America UUCP: ...!uunet!bulus3!haugen 900 Long Lake Road ATT: 612-633-5660
misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz) (06/03/90)
In article <721@bulus3.BMA.COM>, haugen@bulus3.BMA.COM (John M. Haugen) writes: > In article <202@abhg.UUCP>, misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz) writes: >> Has anyone installed Windows 3.0 under vpix? I attempted it, but >> I get a "General protection violation, cannot emulate instruction" >> You use to be able to run Windows under vpix. Is this no longer true? > >Same problem here. I called ISC and was informed they are aware of the problem. >The problem is Microsoft's setup program determines that it is running on a >"286" class machine and attempts to use some of the 286 instruction set. The >virtual mode of the 386 does not support those instructions and hence the error > >Loading it onto a DOS partition from DOS and then running it under vpix in >real mode may work. Unfortunately, I don't have a dos partition anymore. Well, I still have a DOS partition, so I tried it. Even trying to run it in real mode causes the same error. I suspect that Microsoft will not fix it for us, so the only hope is that ISC fixes vpix. I tried it with vpix 1.1.1. I wonder if the upgrade that came out with 2.2 works any differently. Anyone know? Thanks. Bill Miskovetz {uunet!lll-winken, apple!mathworks}!abhg!misko misko@mathworks.com abhg!misko@lll-winken.llnl.gov