From: sorinb AT sky DOT dsp DOT pub DOT ro (Balea Mihai Sorin)
Subject: Re: Help! I'm stuck in V86 mode and I can't get out
To: slackey AT slackey-sun DOT lightstream DOT com (Stan Lackey)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:56:53 +0200 (EET)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

On Mon Nov 13 , Stan Lackey wrote:
> 
> I posted a few weeks ago that I get the "need to run in REAL mode (not
> V86)" message when I attempt to run GCC, GO32, etc.  I received the
> suggestion to remove "noems" from my DEVICE=EMM386.SYS ... statement
> in config.sys.  Which I did, and I still get the same message.
> 
> I am trying it under MSDOS, DRDOS, and a DOS window under Windows 3.11
> and the result is always the same.  Hardware is a Packard Bell 486/25;
> 8 meg RAM.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> By the way, if you are able to compile with DJGPP, please tell me what
> system you're running under.
> 
> Thanks!!  -Stan
> 
Try a raw boot ( no autoexec and config ) .Normally this will let you in
plain real mode .To do so , boot from a floppy or press F5 (?) at the
"Starting MS-Dos ..." message to bypass config and autoexec .
I have a 486DX2-80 with 8Mb and I never had such problems.

Hope this helps,

Sorin Balea -- sorinb AT sky DOT dsp DOT pub DOT ro