Re: because vm86 mode is not supported on this platform.

[Thomas Jepp <wine-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>   I have not been able to find a definite answer on my current issue.
> If I try to run nmake on my debian/amd64 bits machine, within a 32bits
> chroot system, (and thus 32bits wine) I still get this error:
>
>
> Z:\home\mathieu>nmake15.exe
> wine: Cannot start DOS application "Z:\\home\\mathieu\\nmake15.exe"
> Z:\home\mathieu>
>   because vm86 mode is not supported on this platform.
>
>
> Ref:
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=8417&iTestingId=13360
>
> Using:
> debian version 5.0.2
> wine 1.0.24, debian package
> schroot : 1.2.2
>
> Thanks,
>   
This happens because your CPU is still in 64-bit mode. Any Intel/AMD 
processor cannot use vm86 once the cpu is in 64-bit mode. The only way 
to run 16-bit applications on a 64-bit OS is emulation software such as 
DOSBox.

Thomas Jepp