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This article will guide you through the steps to successfully set up Windows 98 FE and SE (First/Second Edition) on a brand-new virtual machine. The highly reputable and reliable Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization program will create this virtual machine.Microsoft released the first version of Windows 98 on June 25, 1998, to improve the Windows 95 operating system.With the commercial release of Windows 98, users could visit web pages faster with Internet Explorer 4 version. It even included Frontpage Express for developing and publishing personal web pages.Key features of Windows 98 include better AGP support, functional USB drives, FAT32 file system, disk support more significant than 2GB, multi-monitor, and ACPI support.Unfortunately, when you want to install and try Windows 98 on your physical computer, you cannot use up-to-date technologies or find the drivers for the hardware. Therefore, you can install and experience virtualization software such as VirtualBox on the virtual machine by following this video for the FE version of the Windows 98 system and this video for the SE version or by following the steps below.Step 1: First, download the ISO file of the Windows 98 FE or SE operating system to your computer from the links below or a source on the Internet.FE:SE:Step 2: After running the Oracle software, start the wizard to create a new virtual computer by clicking the New icon from the tool menu or shortcut tools.Step 3: In the Name and Operating System window, after typing Windows98 in the Name field, check the values in the Type and Version fields. If you want to store the VM you will create in a different location, select the location on your external HDD, SSD, or NVMe storage device from the Machine Folder section.Step 4: In the Memory Size window, set the maximum RAM size of 1 GB for the Windows 98 FE virtual machine. In a real scenario, Win98’s maximum RAM is 1.5GB by default, but it will be more stable if you choose a 1GB size.Step 5: In the Hard Disk window, you must create a new virtual disk for the Windows 98 virtual computer. In this window, if you have installed a guest machine, you can add the disk of your old VM with the Add an existing virtual HDD option. However, continue the Create a virtual hard disk option for a clean install.Step 6: Select the VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) disk type in the Hard Disk File Type window. Because other virtualization programs use disk types in this window, they are not the best choice for Oracle VM VirtualBox software.Step 7: If you want to select a location other than the installation location in the File Location and Size window, click the folder icon

Values!Therefore FAT32 wastes a lot less disk space, preserving speedy diskaccess at the same time.More info:Wikipedia: FAT32.MSKB: MS-DOS Partitioning Summary ➜ Windows 95 OEM SR2 and Windows 98.NOTE:You MUST be using Windows 95B/95C OSR2.0 - 2.5, 98/98 SE(U) [a.k.a. MS-DOS 7.10], ME [a.k.a. MS-DOS 8.00], 2000/newer [no native MS-DOS] to take advantage of FAT32.Intel 48-bit LBA test tool [33 KB, free].This tool detects if the motherboard BIOS supports 48-bit LBA addressing mode, and therefore hard diskslarger than 137 GB.PROs + CONs:Larger cluster size means faster disk access, but more disk overhead (wasted clusters), and less space for stored files,opposite to:Smaller cluster size means slower disk access, but less disk overhead (wasted clusters), and more space for stored files.FYI:The performance hit for using FAT32(X) dependson the speed of your CPU, bus bandwidth, disk controller capabilities and hard disk subsystemtransfer rates + access times.Test your computer motherboard extended BIOS capabilities using EXTBIOS.EXE for DOS [7 KB, freeware].FAT16/FAT32 versus NTFS versus exFAT comparison.Default FAT16, FAT32, NTFS + exFAT cluster sizeswhen using MS FORMAT tool.More info.Evenmore info.FAT+ extension (FAT32+) (open source) is a new Enhanced DR-DOS and FreeDOS standard, and removes some of the FAT32/FAT32X limitations.KNOWN BUGS + FIXES:Microsoft acknowledged in this MSKB article that Windows 95 retail, 95a OSR1 + 95B/95C OSR 2.x do NOT support disk drives larger than 32 GB. :(Windows 98 retail, 98 SP1 + 98 SE(U) provide built-in supportfor media drives > 32 GB, but ONLY IF you install the fixed ESDI_506.PDR [English patch] that allows ScanDskw.exe to properly recognize(E)IDE/(Ultra)ATA hard disk clusters beyond cluster number 967,393.More info @ MSKB.The only Microsoft Operating Systems that natively support drives larger than32 GB are Windows NT 4.0 + newer.Make sure your motherboard BIOS supports hard disks larger than 137 GB (48-bit LBA function). Always "flash" your BIOS using the current BIOSupdate

222fbj Oct 29 2006, 07:48 PM I successfully created/burned a UBCD4WIN iso image. The source data was XP Pro SP2 (created with Slipstream option.) When I try to boot from the USB DVD (Sony DRU500) I can see it access the drive and it says booting from CD... But then nothing - no access / activity /boot. Before trying this I had just run memtext86...by creating a bootable CD. So the USB/DVD drive will boot. What else should I try? The DVD media I use is DVD+RW if that matters. I also wanted to copy/include some additional files during the creation process. I saw a referernce to Plugin/CAB files...but not to simple TXT or EXE files. How do I include a few additional files? thanks BvF7734 Oct 29 2006, 09:36 PM I believe that the problem lies in the USB device... UNless it is created a certain way I guyess simliar to the USB memroy stick directions the USB bus gets reset during the boot process. It will start off of the USB DVD Drive but when Windows starts loading it resets and then it loses its files. I could be mistaken but this is what I see... 222fbj Oct 29 2006, 09:41 PM Thanks for the reply. I just remembered that the USB/DVD also booted using FlaschCD from www.bootdisk.com. (This is a Caldera DR DOS boot disk). I don't know what these symptoms mean...but still wondering if I will be able to bood UBCD4WIN from my USB/DVD. QUOTE(BvF7734 @

Driver diskette into floppy disk. 4. Select "Search for the best driver for your device [Recommanded]". 5. Check "Floppy disk drivers." and press "Next". 6. The system detect the necessary driver will being install for the new hardware. 7. After finishing file copying, the Windows system will ask you to restart the system. Select YES to reboot. 8. During system boot up, the operating system will automatically detect the PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and install the driver for the adapter. Windows 98, Windows 98 SE Installation Procedure for NDIS5 driver ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Plug PCI Ethernet adapter into the system. 2. Start your PC normally. Upon power up, the system will indicate to you that new "PCI Ethernet Controller" hardware has been found. Press "Next" to be continue. 3. Insert the driver diskette into floppy disk. 4. Select "Search for the best driver for your device [Recommanded]". 5. Check "Specify a location" and specify the path (A:\WIN98), then press "Next". 6. The system detect the necessary driver will being install for the new hardware. 7. After finishing file copying, the Windows system will ask you to restart the system. Select YES to reboot. 8. During system boot up, the operating system will automatically detect the PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and install the driver for the adapter. Trouble Shooting ---------------- 1. Everything is OK in Device Manager, but network adapter still does't function properly. Please make sure that your Computer name is different from others in the same network. You can change your Computer name in "My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "Network" -> "Identification" icons Company D-Link Categories Networks Cards Model D-Link DFE-530TX Description PCI Fast EtherNet Adapter Rev A Operating System Windows 98Se-Me Version 2.52 Size Driver 24KB File Name dlink_dfe530_20011015_se.zip Observations D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE Getting Started --------------- The Windows 98, Windows 98 SE installation CD are need to complete this install. Windows 98, Windows 98 SE Installation Procedure ------------------------------------------------ 1. Plug PCI Ethernet adapter into the system. 2. Start your PC normally. Upon power up, the system will indicate to you that new "PCI Ethernet Controller" hardware has been found. Press "Next" to be continue. 3. Insert the driver diskette into floppy disk. 4. Select "Search for the best driver for your device [Recommanded]". 5. Check "Floppy disk drivers." and press "Next". 6. The system detect the necessary driver

Button, and click on it with the mouse.Upon clicking on “New,” look for the “Name” text box. Click on it with the mouse, and type in “Windows 98”. By typing out “Windows 98” into the text box, VirtualBox will detect that you want to run Windows 98, and configure settings accordingly. Click “Next” to continue.On the next page, you will see “Memory” size, followed by 64 MB of RAM configured for the VM. For best results, leave the RAM that VirtualBox has pre-configured. If you are a Windows 98 expert and need more RAM, drag the slider to add more. When your memory size is configured, click “Next” to continue.After setting up RAM for the VM, you must create a hard disk. Select “Create virtual hard disk now,” and click the “Create” button. Then, select “VDI” and click on “Next.” Be sure to choose “Dynamically allocated” and keep the drive size at 2 GB.Now that your Windows 98 VM is configured in VirtualBox, select it on the left-hand side in the VBox app window and click on the “Start” button to turn on the VM. When the VM is powered up, you will see a window appear that says, “Select start-up disk.” Click on the yellow folder to bring up the file browser.Using the file browser, click on “Add.” Then, browse for your Windows 98 ISO file. Alternatively, insert your Windows 98 CD ROM, and select it in the menu to use it for installation purposes.Once your Windows 98 ISO file or CD-ROM is added to the VM, look for the “Start” button, and click on it to start up the VM. When the Windows 98 VM is started, your Windows 98 VM is ready to use. From here, just install Windows 98 like you typically would. Be sure to enter your Windows 98 serial number!When Windows 98 is fully set up on your VM, you’ll be able to run all kinds of retro games and software just like the old days, all while never leaving your Linux desktop!

Observations D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation for Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2 Getting Started --------------- The Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2 installation CD are need to complete this install. Windows 95 OSR2 Installation Procedure ---------------------------------------- 1. Plug PCI Ethernet adapter into the system. 2. Start your PC normally. Upon power up, the system will indicate to you that new hardware has been found. 3. Insert the driver diskette into floppy disk. 4. The system detect the necessary driver will being install for the new hardware. 5. After finishing file copying, the Windows system will ask you to restart the system. Select YES to reboot. 6. During system boot up, the operating system will automatically detect the PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and install the driver for the adapter. Windows 95 Installation Procedure --------------------------------- 1. Plug PCI Ethernet adapter into the system. 2. Start your PC normally. Upon power up, the system will indicate to you that new hardware has been found. 3. In the "New Hardware Found" winodw, choose "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" item. Then click on "OK" button. 4. Insert release driver diskette into the floppy disk drive. 5. In the "Install From Disk" window, specify the path of the driver. Example: A: Then click on the "OK" button. 6. After finishing file copying, the Windows system will ask you to restart the system. Select YES to reboot. 7. During system boot up, the operating system will automatically detect the PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and install the driver for the adapter. Trouble Shooting ---------------- 1. Everything is OK in Device Manager, but network adapter still does't function properly. Please make sure that your Computer name is different from others in the same network. You can change your Computer name in Company D-Link Categories Networks Cards Model D-Link DFE-530TX Description PCI Fast EtherNet Adapter Rev A Operating System Windows 98-98Se-Me Version v2.29.04 Size Driver 21KB File Name dlink_dfe530_b1.zip Observations D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE Getting Started --------------- The Windows 98, Windows 98 SE installation CD are need to complete this install. Windows 98, Windows 98 SE Installation Procedure ------------------------------------------------ 1. Plug PCI Ethernet adapter into the system. 2. Start your PC normally. Upon power up, the system will indicate to you that new "PCI Ethernet Controller" hardware has been found. Press "Next" to be continue. 3. Insert the