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.
jr@twisted.dkw.com (J.R. Jesson) (03/28/91)
In article <15631@scorn.sco.COM>, paulz@sco.COM (W. Paul Zola) writes: |> |> 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). |> } |> 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. |> Does anybody know if ISC also is distributing this fix to VPIX? J.R.