Windows 98 and Windows 3.1 not working on Windows XP host

blue · Post by **blue** » 3. Jan 2008, 16:44

Hi,
I have windows98 in a folder and ive made a .iso file for it
When i try to boot it it says

No bootable medium found!System halted!

The same is with Windows 3.1 , and ive download it as an .iso too

also,i dont have a floppy drive to make a bootable floppy for 98

it was long ago and i dont remember those twitches.

please help if you can.

oh,and happy new year

Drunk · Post by **Drunk** » 3. Jan 2008, 17:08

http://www.bootdisk.com/

blue · Post by **blue** » 4. Jan 2008, 11:27

i told you i dont have a floppy drive.

dont give opinion when you dont know what im talking about.

Entity · Post by **Entity** » 4. Jan 2008, 12:24

and what about a virtual floppy? ¬¬

The boot images executables of that page, instead of executing the .exe, just extract it with a program such as winrar. It will extract to a .ima file. With VirtualBox, select the .ima file as a virtual floppy.

blue · Post by **blue** » 5. Jan 2008, 18:47

thank you for the answer,but please describe in details what do i have to do for making a virtual floppy

Drunk · Post by **Drunk** » 7. Jan 2008, 10:27

missed the part with non working floppy. use cd then: http://www.bootdisks.us/ms-dos/5/ms-dos ... mages.html