SIOL <brankob@avtomatika.com> wrote:
> Nate Edel wrote:
> > SIOL <brankob@avtomatika.com> wrote:
> >> Has anyone succeeded doing this on such machine and if so, how to do it ?
> >
> > Is dosemu even compatible with 64-bit-mode on AMD64 processors? I thought
> > it used Virtual86 mode, which only works in 32-bit/legacy mode on those
> > processors.
> >
>
> Maybe, but I really don't care about the mode in which those two work, as
> long as I could get them running.

Yes, but my point was that AFAICT if you're running a 64-bit kernel, you're
not going to be able to run dosemu, period. You can always run a 32-bit
kernel, but that misses a lot of the point of an AMD64 processor.

> There are provisions for emulating 32-bit environment in Gentoo, but I don't
> know how to use them.

DOSEMU, however, is a 16-bit environment, through the VM86 syscall (IIRC).

> It would be very nice if someone could explain a thing or two on this topic
> on www.gentoo.org.
> Like how the emulation is done and which flags are intended for emerging in
> 32-bit environment and how to use them...

That would be helpful.

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