Windows 98 in VirtualBox (self.virtualbox) submitted 2 years ago by sd6363. Hello all, I am currently in the process of trying to convert an old PC that ran Windows 98 to a VM, this PC is still needed by a friend who has some old applications that are not supported on XP, as far as I know. Feb 17, 2015 I was looking for a Windows 98 boot disk so i could setup a Windows 98 virtual machine on VmWare Esxi, i was surprised to find Digiex was the first result. End result is i got my VM working perfectly, nice post Rick.
Microsoft Win 98 was not actually a full update for Windows 95. It was an update only for critical and critical updates, fixes and new devices. After Windows 98 operating system, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) was released. Although Win 98 is no longer used today, it is still in the memory of many people.
It is possible to use the Win 98 operating system virtually on your physical computer. And therefore, you can only install and use Win 98 with the intention to get to the curiosity. You can install Windows 98 with virtualization programs such as. In our previous articles, we implemented Windows 98 installation with virtualization programs. You can access these articles from the links below. In this article, we will use the virtualization program to perform the Windows 98 installation and finally install the guest additions.
NOTE: You can install Microsoft Windows 98 on Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.0.4 by following the stages in this article. How to Install Windows 98 using Oracle VM VirtualBox Before proceeding to the stages for installing Windows 98 in VirtualBox, you can download Microsoft Win 98 ISO file from the link below. Then follow the stages below to install Windows 98 in VirtualBox on Windows 10. Run the Oracle VM VirtualBox program and click the New button to.
Step 2 Type the virtual machine name and select the operating system version. Then click the Next button to continue. Step 3 Set the 1 GB (1024) RAM size for the Win 98 virtual machine and click on the Next button. Step 4 To create a new virtual hard disk, select Create a virtual hard disk now, then click the Create button. Step 5 Select the VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) option for the virtual machine HDD file type and click the Next button.
Step 6 In virtual machine installations with VirtualBox, we recommend configuring the virtual hard disk as Fixed Size. Because an HDD created with Fixed Size will increase the performance of the virtual machine. Select the Fixed Size option for the virtual HDD and click the Next button.
Step 7 Also, storing the virtual hard disk in a different location will increase the performance of the virtual machine. In addition to this, running it on an external SSD Disk will increase the performance of it significantly. Store the HDD device in a different location of virtual machine and click the Create button after specifying the 2 GB HDD size. Step 8 Creating virtual hard disk Step 9 Now, to add the Windows 98 ISO image to the virtual machine, click the Right button / Settings on the virtual machine. Step 10 Click Storage and then Empty from the left panel of the Win 98 settings window. Click on the CD / DVD symbol on the right-hand side and click Choose Virtual Optical Disk File. Step 11 After adding the ISO image to the virtual machine, click the OK button to close the window.
Step 12 Start the Win 98 virtual machine Step 13 From the Microsoft Win98 Startup menu, press Enter on the Boot from CD-ROM. Step 14 Press Enter on the Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM option. Step 15 Press Enter = Continue on the Win98 installation screen.
Step 16 Select Configure unallocated disk space and press Enter. Step 17 If you want to use a large disk, select Yes, enable large disk support and press Enter. Step 18 Press Enter to restart the virtual machine.
Step 19 In the same way, continue with the second option. Step 20 Again, continue with the first option. Step 21 Wait while the Microsoft Win98 C: drive is formatted. Step 22 To continue with the installation, press Enter as shown below. Click the Continue button to start the installation.
Step 24 In this stage, you can specify the location where you want to install it. Select C: WINDOWS and click Next. Step 25 Select the Typical that is selected by default from the installation options and click Next to continue the installation. Step 26 Select Install the most common componentsand click Next. Step 27 Type your user name for the virtual machine and click Next. Step 28 Select the country you live in and click on the Next button.
Step 29 Installation is ready to copy Win98 files. Click Next to continue. Step 30 Copying your Win98 files to your computer Step 31 After copying the files, restart the virtual machine as follows. Step 32 From the start menu, select Boot from Hard Diskand press Enter.
Step 33 Type your username and continue. Step 34 To accept the license agreement, select I accept the Agreementand click Next. Step 35 Win 98 has saved all the information and click Finish to continue the next stage.
Step 36 Wait while MS Win 98 does a hardware scan Step 37 Configure your date and time settings and click the Close button to save your settings. Step 38 Updating system settings Step 39 To log in, type your username and click on the OK button. Step 40 If you do not want to see the Welcome window again, uncheck the Show this screen each time Win 98 startsoption and close the window. Step 41 Oracle VM VirtualBox Win 98 installation has been successfully completed!
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To get stuff into a Win98 virtual machine running in VirtualBox on a Linux host, VirtualBox shared folders are (as I understand it) not an option because there are no ‘Guest Additions’ for Win98. But there are various tricks to try. Using network connectivity is one way. One of the simplest is to use genisoimage. At a command prompt on a Linux host, typing man genisoimage gives To create a vanilla ISO9660 filesystem image in the file cd.iso, where the directory cddir will become the root directory of the CD, call: genisoimage -o cd.iso cddir hence, I can just put the files I want to get into Win 98 in a directory and use genisoimage to make an iso file of the directory then put the iso in VirtualBox’s virtual CD drive using the ‘Devices’ menu (usually at the top of the VM).
However, it is no good for getting stuff out again, since the iso is read-only. How about allowing the VM to access a USB stick?
I started by finding ‘nusb36e.exe’ or similar on some trustworthy website, and installed it on the Win98 guest (ah, but how did I get the file into it? Well, I could have browsed the web from inside the VM, but I just used the genisoimage trick noted above), noting the instructions about removing previously defined USB devices (and other unidentified devices) first, by opening Device Manager in Win98 (note I am using Win98 SE. If using First Edition, the USB driver install is a little different).
Also, on rebooting I did not let Windows try to install/find any new devices; I just cancelled any dialogues it popped up. When I rebooted lots of ‘ghost’ drives seemed to appear in Windows Explorer, but when I put a USB stick into the host and made sure it was activated in the ‘Devices’ - ‘USB Devices’ menu on the top of the VM window, I could indeed see the USB stick inside the VM. I could indeed copy files to it. Then, if I ejected it from the Win 98 box (left click on green USB eject arrow on bottom right of Win 98 screen and eject the relevant drive), and then deselected it from the VirtualBox ‘Devices’ menu, I could mount it on my Linux desktop and see the files I had copied out of the Win 98 VM. Hence, to get files in and out of a Win 98 VM, you can go via a the network or via a USB stick.