I was able to connect the cd to the virtual machine but for some reason it still didnt recognize the bootable cd.
I followed this video...
youtube.com/watch?=n-h9RNnk7au
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Cant Install Windows98 through physical cd in virtualbox
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, Mar 10 2023 09:32 PM
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 07:40 AM
Only the OEM Windows 98SE CDs were bootable. You normally needed a startup floppy disk then from there it would access the CD.
You can get a bootable version of 98SE here. Select the OEM Full version
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-98/98-second-edition
Here is a VirtualBox tutorial on using the iso
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 10:54 AM
Only the OEM Windows 98SE CDs were bootable. You normally needed a startup floppy disk then from there it would access the CD.
You can get a bootable version of 98SE here. Select the OEM Full version
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-98/98-second-edition
Here is a VirtualBox tutorial on using the iso
oh ok thanks
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 11:39 AM
Only the OEM Windows 98SE CDs were bootable. You normally needed a startup floppy disk then from there it would access the CD.
You can get a bootable version of 98SE here. Select the OEM Full version
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-98/98-second-edition
Here is a VirtualBox tutorial on using the iso
Ok yeah but it says on the box that this is window98 second edition , and also I remember tried installing it into a computer that ran windows XP and I was able to boot but for some reason it does not work in virtualbox.
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 11:40 AM
Try vmware player it should work.
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 11:46 AM
Only the OEM Windows 98SE CDs were bootable. You normally needed a startup floppy disk then from there it would access the CD.
You can get a bootable version of 98SE here. Select the OEM Full version
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-98/98-second-edition
Here is a VirtualBox tutorial on using the iso
Ok yeah but it says on the box that this is window98 second edition , and also I remember tried installing it into a computer that ran windows XP and I was able to boot but for some reason it does not work in virtualbox.
I was digging through the cdrom in my main computer and I was able to find an autorun.inf file which by what my research says is the file which boots the computer into the instalator I tried to see if I could boot with this file by copying this file into a directory transforming into a .viso file but it still didnt boot (also I tried turning the whole cdrom into a .viso file , nothing changed)
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 11:47 AM
The autorun.inf is mot the boot file fir any application. It is a file thst tells windows what to do when windows 98 disk is inserted.
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 05:33 PM
The autorun.inf is mot the boot file fir any application. It is a file thst tells windows what to do when windows 98 disk is inserted.
oh ok
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 05:36 PM
Try vmware player it should work.
I found this video were the guy disable an option(VT-x/AMD-V) which cant be disabled anymore. And it works, Can i do it through the command line?
youtube.com/watch?v=FAv0bs2clEo
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Posted 11 March 2023 - 05:56 PM
I run vmware with windows 98 with Intel virtualization on 2 computers
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Posted 12 March 2023 - 09:33 AM
I run vmware with windows 98 with Intel virtualization on 2 computers
I would install vmware if my computerd wasnt so full. I need to reinstalll my os but im waiting to get another pen drive to do it.
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