On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:33 AM, chtit_draco <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > wine: Cannot start DOS application "C:\\windows\\Command.com" > because vm86 mode is not supported on this platform. > > > Maybe this is because I have an AMD64 architecture (Intel Core2Duo)? > AFAIK vm86 mode does not work when you are running in long mode (64-bit operating system) You could try getting command.com to start wine's cmd.exe. Not sure how.... A symlink / hardlink might work (No idea what to link it to...) or a short script that starts cmd.exe (again, not sure if this will work..) > What baffles me is that several people didn't have any problem installing this version of The Rosetta Stone on wine according to the wineAppDB... :? > Haven't anyone left a HOWTO? On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Usurp <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If we claim to support Windows 9x, we have to provide a command.com. > Why couldnt we use cmd as command.com ? They are almost identical. > Except that the one is a 16-bit DOS com file (Although it would seem from what i've read on wine-devel that actually compiling 16-bit dos / Windows code under Linux might be a bit of an issue...), while the other is a 32-bit / 64-bit exe. (Not sure if it will affect Wine, or 16-bit applications running under wine that tries to load command.com) The functionality comparison is a bit more fair... command.com provides mostly a subset of cmd's functionality... It's almost like bash vs. Bourne shell... Some comments here explain quite a few differences: http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/001935.html Gert
