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by **Matt Boy** » Wed, 26 Mar 1997 04:00:00

Hello i am having problems with Dosemu 0.64.1 under my linux 2.0.0

Can some one point me in the right direction.. I have read all the doc's
complied the source did the make install but when i run dos -A i get this
error on my command line:

vm86plus service not available in your kernel

then it drops me back to my bash prompt. Can some one please shed some
light on this error..

Email me anymore questions:

Matt

by **David Mador** » Wed, 26 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> Hello i am having problems with Dosemu 0.64.1 under my linux 2.0.0

> Can some one point me in the right direction.. I have read all the doc's
> complied the source did the make install but when i run dos -A i get this
> error on my command line:

> vm86plus service not available in your kernel

> then it drops me back to my bash prompt. Can some one please shed some
> light on this error..

I think you need kernel 2.0.28 at least. And perhaps dosemu-0.66.0 as
well.
There is an ambiguity between some versions of the kernel and some
versions
of dosemu, but I never understood what it was exactly... tsx-11 says
| If you are running Linux 2.0.28+, use dosemu-0.66.0.tgz.
|
| If you are running Linux 2.1.20+, use dosemu-0.66.0.tgz.
|
| If you are running Linux 1.2.x, use dosemu0.60.4.tgz.
|
which implies that NO version of dosemu will work on kernel 2.0.0...

David A. Madore

http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/index.html.en)

by **Matt** » Wed, 26 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> I think you need kernel 2.0.28 at least. And perhaps dosemu-0.66.0 as
> well.

Ick, i didnt want to have to update my kernel, I guess i can though. <P>

Quote:> There is an ambiguity between some versions of the kernel and some
> versions of dosemu, but I never understood what it was exactly...

tsx-11 says

Quote:> | If you are running Linux 2.0.28+, use dosemu-0.66.0.tgz.
> |
> | If you are running Linux 2.1.20+, use dosemu-0.66.0.tgz.
> |
> | If you are running Linux 1.2.x, use dosemu0.60.4.tgz.
> |

Interesting... I will be grabing the source for 2.0.28 soon..

thanks again for you help,

Matt

> which implies that NO version of dosemu will work on kernel 2.0.0...

> David A. Madore

> http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/index.html.en)

by **Joel Hard** » Thu, 27 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> > I think you need kernel 2.0.28 at least. And perhaps dosemu-0.66.0 as
> > well.

> Ick, i didnt want to have to update my kernel, I guess i can though. <P>

You might as well upgrade to 2.0.29 now (I had the exact same problem).
Unfortunately, after the upgrade, it still doesn't work. I get an error
message something along the lines of "your kernel doesn't support
vm86plus", and I have no idea how to fix this. Could someone please
help?

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by **Sid Boyc** » Thu, 27 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> > I think you need kernel 2.0.28 at least. And perhaps dosemu-0.66.0 as
> > well.

> Ick, i didnt want to have to update my kernel, I guess i can though. <P>

> > There is an ambiguity between some versions of the kernel and some
> > versions of dosemu, but I never understood what it was exactly...

> Interesting... I will be grabing the source for 2.0.28 soon..

> thanks again for you help,

> Matt

> > which implies that NO version of dosemu will work on kernel 2.0.0...

> > David A. Madore

> > http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/index.html.en)

Updating the kernel is small beer, providing you don't run your system
way down level. Just check you have all the stuff, see
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes. I find that something you want to
run suddenly will not more often that the other way round, that's why I
keep bang up to date when I can and my machine is stable.
I need a stable machine to do my work stuff, so go for it.
Regards
--
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by **Dirk Geschk** » Fri, 28 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> Hello i am having problems with Dosemu 0.64.1 under my linux 2.0.0

> Can some one point me in the right direction.. I have read all the doc's
> complied the source did the make install but when i run dos -A i get this
> error on my command line:

> vm86plus service not available in your kernel

All you need is a newer kernel. In the distribution maybe a patch for older kernel
but I think there is no one for kernel 2.0.0. Try to get a new kernel. You will
need kernel 2.0.28 or newer to get the vm86plus service to your kernel.

Dirk.

by **Panu Matilain** » Fri, 28 Mar 1997 04:00:00

>> > I think you need kernel 2.0.28 at least. And perhaps dosemu-0.66.0 as
>> > well.

>> Ick, i didnt want to have to update my kernel, I guess i can though. <P>
>You might as well upgrade to 2.0.29 now (I had the exact same problem).
>Unfortunately, after the upgrade, it still doesn't work. I get an error
>message something along the lines of "your kernel doesn't support
>vm86plus", and I have no idea how to fix this. Could someone please
>help?

You need to compile dosemu against 2.0.29 sources. The error message
you're seeing is somewhat misleading, as it checks the presence of
vm86plus-support 'the old way' (= emumodule or kernel patch)

Panu

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by **Uwe Bonn** » Fri, 28 Mar 1997 04:00:00

: >
: > Hello i am having problems with Dosemu 0.64.1 under my linux 2.0.0
: >
: > Can some one point me in the right direction.. I have read all the doc's
: > complied the source did the make install but when i run dos -A i get this
: > error on my command line:
: >
: > vm86plus service not available in your kernel
: >
: > then it drops me back to my bash prompt. Can some one please shed some
: > light on this error..

: I think you need kernel 2.0.28 at least. And perhaps dosemu-0.66.0 as
: well.
: There is an ambiguity between some versions of the kernel and some
: versions
: of dosemu, but I never understood what it was exactly... tsx-11 says
: | If you are running Linux 2.0.28+, use dosemu-0.66.0.tgz.
: |
: | If you are running Linux 2.1.20+, use dosemu-0.66.0.tgz.
: |
: | If you are running Linux 1.2.x, use dosemu0.60.4.tgz.
: |
: which implies that NO version of dosemu will work on kernel 2.0.0...

Change that to
: | If you are running Linux 1.2.x,+ use dosemu0.60.4.tgz.
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by **James Willia** » Fri, 28 Mar 1997 04:00:00

: vm86plus service not available in your kernel

There should be a script file with dosemu called loademumod, or something
like that. It doesn't exist any longer in dosemu 0.66, which is fine
since it no longer seems to need it. But if you're still running dosemu
0.64, you'll need to execute the script to enable vm86 support. What
it does is load a module into your kernel, so you'll need to have that
capability compiled into your kernel. Best of luck.

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