Re: Help Needed with 'pstartsql' & 'pisql' error message.

Posted in 1992

Colonel Panic — 8 Nov 92 02:42:51 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <1992Nov2.202959.24795@informix.com> dsimon@informix.com writes: >>Machine: 386DX 25mhz, 8mb RAM, VGA >>Version of Informix is 2.10.06 >> >>Error message: DOS/16M error: Cannot run 286 protected mode within >> Virtual 8086. > >The err message you are getting is telling you that somehow, your machine is in >V86 mode. As such, it can not start a protected mode application, only real mode >is available in V86 mode. Possible causes of this...are you trying to start >pstartsql and pisql from within Windows? > >Also note that these are the only allowable combinations: > >startsql and isql >pstartsql and pisql >pstartsql and isql > >you cannot do startsql and pisql. This is incorrect; startsql and pisql DO work together OK (in 2.10.06, at least). >> Bob Beaulieu bobb@netcom.com >don simon -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "A leopard never changes his stripes" -- Al Gore, Vice-president-elect