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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!demos!news.glas.apc.org!glas!vega From: Vlad D. Nebolsin <vega@glas.apc.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: EMM386 error on 2.0.5 CD install Message-ID: <APC&63'0'18d7dd0f'04e@glas.apc.org> References: <RFNCD0U.mapler@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 15:01:14 +0400 X-Gateway: notes@glas.apc.org Lines: 17 On Thu, 17 Aug 1995, Raymond C. Maple wrote: > I know there must be a simple fix for this problem (like make the > boot floppies and press 8') ) but I haven't had any luck on my own. When > installing 2.0.5R from CD the "easy" way from dos, the install kernel > prints some segment sizes and then dies with the following message: > > EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #1 - press enter to reboot > > I am running dos 6.22, Windows is exited, and EMM386 is running (with the > -noems memory option). The hardware is a 90Mhz Pentium I've got the same error message when I've tried to boot bsd from ms-dos 6.22. It could be cured by removing from your config.sys file string "device=emm386.sys". Vlad.