Windows 98 2nd Edition @ Amazon Link:Limitations of this software are the following.1. You cannot mount a CD-ROM or optical drive. This may limit you from playing games that require a optical disk.2.
I have never gotten a 3dfx game to work on this emulator.3. Running Windows 98 and running programs in it is slow.4. The mouse doesn't work on Windows 98 when you run the emulator on Windows 10.These are the limitations you have to know about before you install this.Install Windows98 on Dosbox Instructions1. Get the following files and programs.A.
Get Dosbox 0.74 @B. Get Dosbox Daum @C. Get Windows 98 bootdisk @orD. Get the drivers for Windows 98 @Get the following files.a. Directx 7.0ac. Directx 9.0cd.
Unofficial Service Packe. Voodoo (official + custom)E. Get a copy of Windows 982. Run Dosbox Daum3. Go into the dosbox.conf file.Change the following filesa. Run Dosbox Daum,Make a hard drive imageimgmake win98hd.img -t hd -size 4096 -nofs (This will create a hard drive image of 4 gbs)format 512,63,(heads),(cylinders)format: 512,63,255,5225. Put the Windows 98 bootdisk into the Dosbox Daum directory.The file name should be win98c.img6.
Open up the Dosbox Daum.conf fileScroll all the way to the bottom.Type the following.imgmount 0 win98c.img -t floppy -fs noneimgmount 2 win98hd.img -size 512,63,255,522 -t hdd -fs none7. Start the dosbox daum program.8. Boot to the Windows 98 bootdisk: boot -L A9. Go to fdisk: fdisk10. Partition the hard drive.Prompt: 1. Create Dos partition or Logical Dos Drive. Select 1Prompt: Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N).?
Select YPrompt: Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary Dos Paritionand make the partition active (Y/N).? Format the hard drive: format c:12. Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?: Enter a name for the volume.Win98HD13.
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Go to 'Computer Management' - 'Disk Storage' - 'Disk Management'On the right side of the screen under 'More Actions'Select 'Attach VHD'Locate the Win98hd.img file in your dosbox daum directory. If you can't read the Win98hd.img file, you will have to change it to Win98hd.vhd.
You may have to do this on Windows 8 or 10.14. Copy all the Windows 98 CD and driver files into the attached hard drive.15. Go back to disk management and detach the hard drive.16. Open the Dosbox Daum program.17. Boot into the Windows 98 bootdisk: boot -L A18. Go to the Windows 98 CD directory:a. Setup /nm /is19.
Follow through the Windows 98 installation.20. When you get to installation type: Select custom.21.
If Windows 98 Installation restarts: Go to the Dosbox Daum.conf fileA. Delete this: imgmount 0 win98c.img -t floppy -fs noneB. Add this: boot -L CC. Run Dosbox Daum again.22. After Windows 98 installs.Put in the following drivers.A.
Unofficial Service Pack: sesp21a-en (This may or may not install depending on the version of Windows 98 you have. If you have Windows 98 SE, it will not install, because you already have this update built in.)Pros: Fast. If you can run applications without optical disk support, the applications run a lot faster than other emulators, like PCEM V11/V13.
You have S3 Virge video support, so you can run retro Windows 95 and Windows 98 games as long as it doesn't require CD/DVD support.Cons: Lack of hardware support, like no optical drive support, no ISO optical disk support, no 3dfx support in Windows 95 or 98. I could not get Voodoo 1 3dfx to work even when I installed the drivers.You can check out my other emulator videos at.