RE: [newbie] Setup Help PLEASE !!!

[Cesar Octavio Delgado]

Try 
runing that file from DOS, not from Windows. To do that, press F8 at boot 
and select Normal Command prompt or Safe Command prompt.

  -Mensaje original-De: Ronald Brown 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Enviado el: Viernes, 17 de Marzo de 
  2000 08:50 a.m.Para: Mandrake Newbie HelpAsunto: 
  [newbie] Setup Help PLEASE !!!
  Hi Group,
  
  I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0 but I get 
  this error when trying to install from harddisk.bat file in dos.
  Has anyone seee this before and is there a 
  workaround?
  
  TIA
  RWB
  
  C:\Mandrake\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinstloadlin 
  vmlinuz ramdisk=32000 initrd=initrd.hdmdkinst hdLOADLIN v1.6 (C) 
  1994..1996 Hans Lermen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  CPU is in V86-mode (may be WINDOWS, EMM386, QEMM, 
  386MAX, ...)You need pure 386/486 real mode or a VCPI server to boot 
  LinuxVCPI is supported by most EMS drivers (if EMS is enabled),but 
  never under WINDOWS-3.1 or WINDOWS'95.(However, real DOS-Mode of 
  WINDOWS'95 can have EMS driver with VCPI)If loading via VCPI you also MUST 
  have: 1. An interceptable setup-code (see MANUAL.TXT) 2. 
  Identical Physical-to-Virtual mapping for the first 640 Kbytes
  
  Your current DOS/CPU configuration is: 
  load buffer size: 0x , setup buffer 
  size: 0x3E00 total memory: 
  0x0010 CPU is in V86 mode SetupIntercept: NO 
  stat2: cpu_V86, but no VCPI available (check aborted) input params 
  (size 0x0031): vmlinuz ramdisk=32000 initrd=initrd.hd 
  mdkinst hd LOADLIN started from DOS-promptWARNING: Not enough 
  free memory (load buffer 
  size)C:\Mandrake\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinst

[newbie] Setup Help PLEASE !!!

[Ronald Brown]

Hi Group,

I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0 but I get this 
error when trying to install from harddisk.bat file in dos.
Has anyone seee this before and is there a 
workaround?

TIA
RWB

C:\Mandrake\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinstloadlin 
vmlinuz ramdisk=32000 initrd=initrd.hdmdkinst hdLOADLIN v1.6 (C) 
1994..1996 Hans Lermen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CPU is in V86-mode (may be WINDOWS, EMM386, QEMM, 
386MAX, ...)You need pure 386/486 real mode or a VCPI server to boot 
LinuxVCPI is supported by most EMS drivers (if EMS is enabled),but never 
under WINDOWS-3.1 or WINDOWS'95.(However, real DOS-Mode of WINDOWS'95 can 
have EMS driver with VCPI)If loading via VCPI you also MUST have: 
1. An interceptable setup-code (see MANUAL.TXT) 2. Identical 
Physical-to-Virtual mapping for the first 640 Kbytes

Your current DOS/CPU configuration is: 
load buffer size: 0x , setup buffer size: 
0x3E00 total memory: 0x0010 CPU 
is in V86 mode SetupIntercept: NO stat2: cpu_V86, but no 
VCPI available (check aborted) input params (size 
0x0031): vmlinuz ramdisk=32000 initrd=initrd.hd mdkinst 
hd LOADLIN started from DOS-promptWARNING: Not enough free memory 
(load buffer 
size)C:\Mandrake\dosutils\autoboot\mdkinst