https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43877
Bug ID: 43877 Summary: "Cannot allocate DOS memory" error with 16-bit Windows applications Product: Wine Version: 2.18 Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: palswim+winehq.org@palswim.net Distribution: ---
Trying to start a 16-bit Windows application (both the Civilization 1 install and Civilization game itself), WINE immediately gives me the error and exits with an error code:
wine SETUP.EXE && echo 'Success' || echo 'Fail'
err:dosmem:DOSMEM_Init Cannot allocate DOS memory Fail
With WINE 2.0.1, I did not have this error, and was able to run the installation program successfully. However, I was experiencing page fault errors when running the game program, so I updated to the latest version.
I'm pretty sure that this game is abandonware, so I can probably provide any necessary files upon request.