drolet@drolet.CAM.ORG (Jean-Jacques Drolet) (03/08/91)
I am trying to install Microsoft Windows 3.0 under two different envi- ronments, namely 1) SCO Xenix System V/386 2.3.2 with VP/ix 1.01; 2) Open Desktop 1.0 (SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2 with DOS Merge). Up to date, I have had very little success. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As I don't yet receive sco.opendesktop, please post your replies to comp.unix.xenix.sco or mail them to my Internet address. Thanks a lot. -- Jean-Jacques Drolet | Snail: 2631 boul. Liegeois, Sainte-Foy National Optics Institute | Quebec, Canada, G1W 1Z5 Phone: +1 418 657 7006 | Internet: drolet@drolet.CAM.ORG Home phone: +1 418 651 3796 | UUCP: uunet!altitude!drolet!drolet
daveh@marob.uucp (Dave Hammond) (03/14/91)
In article <9103091053.aa28114@xenitec.on.ca> writes: >I am trying to install Microsoft Windows 3.0 under two different envi- >ronments, namely > >1) SCO Xenix System V/386 2.3.2 with VP/ix 1.01; >2) Open Desktop 1.0 (SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2 with DOS Merge). According to SCO support, MS-Windows 3.0 can not work under VP/IX since it requires 286 or 386 protected mode and VP/IX provides only virtual 8086 emulation. -- Dave Hammond daveh@marob.uucp uunet!rutgers!phri!marob!daveh
drolet@drolet.CAM.ORG (Jean-Jacques Drolet) (03/18/91)
In <27DE7604.38C7@marob.uucp> daveh@marob.uucp (Dave Hammond) writes: >In article <9103091053.aa28114@xenitec.on.ca> writes: >>I am trying to install Microsoft Windows 3.0 under two different envi- >>ronments, namely >> >>1) SCO Xenix System V/386 2.3.2 with VP/ix 1.01; >>2) Open Desktop 1.0 (SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2 with DOS Merge). >According to SCO support, MS-Windows 3.0 can not work under VP/IX since >it requires 286 or 386 protected mode and VP/IX provides only virtual >8086 emulation. That's true. Out of the box, Windows 3.0 can't run under VP/ix. However, if you patch the code that determines on which processor Windows is running so that Windows believes it is running on a 8086, you can run Windows under both VP/ix and DOS Merge (SCO Open Desktop). I have the patch here; anybody interested can write to me. If there is sufficient interest, I will post it. >-- >Dave Hammond >daveh@marob.uucp >uunet!rutgers!phri!marob!daveh -- Jean-Jacques Drolet | Snail: 2631 boul. Liegeois, Sainte-Foy National Optics Institute | Quebec, Canada, G1W 1Z5 Phone: +1 418 657 7006 | Internet: drolet@drolet.CAM.ORG Home phone: +1 418 651 3796 | UUCP: uunet!altitude!drolet!drolet
paulz@sco.COM (W. Paul Zola) (03/23/91)
In article <27DE7604.38C7@marob.uucp> daveh@marob.uucp (Dave Hammond) writes: }In article <9103091053.aa28114@xenitec.on.ca> writes: }>I am trying to install Microsoft Windows 3.0 under two different envi- }>ronments, namely }> }>1) SCO Xenix System V/386 2.3.2 with VP/ix 1.01; }>2) Open Desktop 1.0 (SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2 with DOS Merge). } }According to SCO support, MS-Windows 3.0 can not work under VP/IX since }it requires 286 or 386 protected mode and VP/IX provides only virtual }8086 emulation. } }-- }Dave Hammond }daveh@marob.uucp }uunet!rutgers!phri!marob!daveh This is not correct. Microsoft Windows 3.0 will run *in real mode only* on SCO UNIX if you: (1) are running SCO VP/ix 1.2.0 and (2) have installed Support Level Supplement (SLS) unx268. SLS unx268 won't install on SCO MPX or on the SCO 286 or 386 XENIX Operating Systems. MS-Windows 3.0 won't run _in protected mode_ under VP/ix, in much the same manner as it won't run in protected mode on a 8086-based machine. SLS unx268 simply makes sure that Windows "thinks" its installing on an 8086-based machine, and Windows takes care of the rest. - Paul Zola Software Support Engineer paulz@sco.COM Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose. - Emily Saliers DISCLAIMER: I speak for myself, and not for SCO.