[Tfug] Virtual Windows98 under Linux

[Jeffry Johnston]

I suggest you try QEMU rather than VirtualBox... reasons inline:

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Will Virtualbox work with Windows 98 or ME? This
> really sounds like a way for me to go. Thanks for the idea, Malcolm<<
>
> Malcolm, it'll work, but with limitations.
>
> First thing, you're going to need at least 512megs RAM total and anything
> more would be better: 768 or a gig or more.

Win 98 probably doesn't need that much ram.. giving it 128 should be enough.

> Second: Win98 and ME will run as virtual machine tasks under Virtualbox, BUT
> there's no software written for them to help them use the host machine's
> hardware to full effect.  Which means you are limited to a 640x480 video
> display on the guest operating system, you have no USB support, and you have
> no networking possible between the host Linux operating system and the guest
> Windows box.

With QEMU, you have USB, networking, display and audio devices (that
are easy to get drivers for), serial/parallel ports, etc.  It's almost
like being there.  And it's free software. There is also kqemu to
bring things up to near native speeds, although I'm not sure that
works with win98 yet.  Another bonus is that it can run off of real
disks and CD's, not only disk images.

I highly recommend QEMU as an excellent piece of software.  If you
have any questions about it, let me know; I use it all the time.

http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/

Jeff