Windows 95 Protection Error

[morgan412]

I updated to vbox 6.0.0 and after going through windows setup i get this on my vm. idk if this is a vbox error or the iso.

[socratis]

Now that your Hardening Problem is solved, this is a new issue, therefore a new thread.

We need to see a complete VBox.log, from a complete VM run:

• Start the VM from cold-boot (not from a paused or saved state) / Observe problem / Shutdown the VM (force close it if you have to).
• With the VM completely shut down (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
• Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.

[hazza]

how do I get rid of the error message windows protection error

[vlad557776]

I got the same error while installing Windows 95 on a VM. Thing called "Win95CPUFix" removed this. Here's the link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/141402-win ... it-broken/.

[hazza]

I got the same error while installing Windows 95 on a VM. Thing called "Win95CPUFix" removed this. Here's the link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/141402-win ... it-broken/.

thanks for the link im gonna look at it now

[hazza]

I downloaded it and it didn't work

[mpack]

Did you configure the memory manager correctly in the underlying DOS? Please post the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file from the VM boot directory.

[hazza]

No I didn’t how do I configure it correctly

[hazza]

If someone can answer me that would be great

[mpack]

Not possible (with accuracy) until you provide the file I asked for in my previous post.

Here is what my CONFIG.SYS looks like (actually for a DOS 7 aka Win98 VM). Yours should be similar.

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device=c:\dos\himem.sys
dos=high,umb
device=c:\dos\emm386.exe NOEMS
devicehigh=c:\dos\oakcdrom.sys /D:CD001
files=30
stacks=0,0
buffers=20
lastdrive=Z

And an AUTOEXEC.BAT file to go with it.

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@echo off
path=c:\dos
lh c:\dos\mscdex /D:CD001
prompt $p$g

This assumes that you copied all the DOS tools into a directory C:\DOS, including the OAK CDROM device driver.

I will not answer many questions about this: you should be able to find plenty of online resources about configuring DOS.

[AnSor1118]

Here is my log:

[mpack]

Do you have the same problem as the OP? You are booting from a floppy, so I wouldn't think so.

The method of patching Win95 to work on modern CPUs (thus fixing the Protection Error) is discussed in the Windows Guests FAQ: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9918#p422192, in addition to the links given above.