winxp host and Win98 guest hangs

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Skeith
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winxp host and Win98 guest hangs

Post by Skeith »

hello,
I have tried making a virual machine (on both my Winxp 32 and 64bit) OS
witha Win98 SE guest OS.
Both hanged on the exect spot. right after instaltion, before entering the CD-key. anybody have an idea?
stefan.becker
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Post by stefan.becker »

Win98 is not supported by VB.

Better try Qemu for this.
Skeith
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Post by Skeith »

I haven't heard of this software, would you please mind to elaborate?
is it good?
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Post by stefan.becker »

Please test it yourself.
Skeith
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Post by Skeith »

just did, didn't like it... got a better alternitive?
If you know an Pc emulator that would emulate Soundblaster pro or something would be exlent(for these oldies you know :P)
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Post by stefan.becker »

VMWARE.
Skeith
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Post by Skeith »

VMware workstation doesn't work, I get an error message saying the driver is incorrect or something.
anyway, VMware uses Sound Blaster PCI witch apparently isn't supported on the games I've tried with
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Post by stefan.becker »

VMWARE hast sb16 and es1371. But these problems are better discussed at a vmware forum.
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