Win98SE on Win7RC

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kx250jh
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Joined: 10. Jun 2009, 03:17
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
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Guest OSses: Win98

Win98SE on Win7RC

Post by kx250jh »

Are there any known problems with this set up, the Win98 install stalls on the staring Windows for the first time screen.

Ver 2.2.4
Phenom X4 920
2 gigs of ram
VM turn on in bios
Perryg
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Re: Win98SE on Win7RC

Post by Perryg »

Win98 is really hard to get installed even when you know what to do. below is a tutorial that might help.

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9918
kx250jh
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Joined: 10. Jun 2009, 03:17
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
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Guest OSses: Win98

Re: Win98SE on Win7RC

Post by kx250jh »

Uninstalled 2.2.4 and installed 2.1.4 and Win98 worked on that, 2.2.4 seemed to skip a few of the install steps for win98.
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