First of all Windows 95 will run on Qemu. Yes even the hokey Windows 95a. However the PCI support from the first version of Windows 95 is. Not all that good. Prepare for hell. For what it's worth, I find that Qemu 0.90 is the best overall version of Qemu. 0.10.5 will 'work' but don't be surprsed if the sound doesn't work 100%.
Windows 98 is an operating system created by Microsoft, released in June 1998. There is an updated version of Windows 98 called Windows 98 Second Edition which fixes some bugs. Support ended in July 2006.
Running on CollabVM[edit]
- After Windows 98, came the Windows 98 SE. Here, SE stands for Second edition and was released on the 5th of May in the year 1999. Both Windows 98, as well as the Windows 98 SE operating systems, were supported by Microsoft till the 30th of June 2002. Buyers could, however, get extended support till the 11th of July 2006.
- Some games were made for Windows 3.1 instead of DOS, you will need to install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox. You will find a copy of Windows 3.x on WinWorld. Follow these tutorials to get it running: VirtualBox forum. Which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. Windows 98 Games. Some of the recent abandonware games were made for Windows 98.
- In Windows: -Make sure you have some folder shared -Bridge your tap device with your default network interface (see above)-Start Mac OS 9 through Qemu with tap networking -Use DHCP on the Mac side. In Mac OS 9: -Install DAVE 6.2.1 (find it at Macintoshrepository.org) -Shut down and start Mac OS Follow the setup assistant.
- How to Install Windows 98. After you partition and format your hard disk, you can install Windows 98: Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer. When the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer with CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER.
Unlike Windows 95, the mouse can be installed very easily using this guide.
After doing this the VM will run smoothly and can easily be used.
Starting up[edit]
QEMU[edit]
Pre-installation[edit]
Make a qcow2 image (or a raw image if you want) by typing
1G can be replaced with however big you want the hard drive to be (with G standing for Gigabytes). Windows 98 is a very old OS and does not take up a lot of space.
When that's done, run the following command:
Windows 98 works on some machines with KVM, some it doesn't. To be safe, we'll just disable it, you don't really need it anyways. We also use an emulated Pentium II instead of a Pentium although it works on an emulated Pentium just fine.
You can also use VMWare graphics adapter instead of Cirrus if you have the drivers available.
Install Qemu On Mac
We set the memory to 128 MB, but it can run on as low as 8 MB of RAM, although this isn't recommended if you want to be running any programs.
After installation[edit]
Windows On Qemu
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