Weird Pixelation with Win98

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Morgothom
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Joined: 8. Aug 2009, 21:36
Primary OS: MS Windows XP
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: win 98

Weird Pixelation with Win98

Post by Morgothom »

hy there,

i tried to install wind98 as a guest on a wind xp host. everything works fine until i get to choose whether i want to run the win98 setup or not. because if i choose to do so and the setup starts i get the weirdest clutter of pixles ive ever seen.
just take a look Image

from this point onwarts im stuck. i cant install win98 in my virtual disk. i know that there is a question to format the partition on fat32 if i choose to have more than 512mb as diskspace, so i changed the space to 512mb and started to just randomly press enter to get a proper installation, but even if i get this far, the installation just gets stuck,nothing works and the pixles change from blue to black.
i use virtualbox 3.0.4 and Windows XP sp2

please note that i dont want to boot the os either from cd nor disk, or else i wouldnt have posted it here, thx

thanks for your time
Last edited by Morgothom on 8. Aug 2009, 22:29, edited 1 time in total.
Perryg
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Primary OS: Linux other
VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX

Re: Weird Pixelation with Win98

Post by Perryg »

Here are my setting and it should help you to get it installed. Also you should see: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9918


General
Name:Win-98
OS Type:Windows 98
System Base Memory: 64 MB
Processor(s): 1
Boot Order: Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk
VT-x/AMD-V: disabled
Nested Paging: Disabled
Display Video Memory: 16 MB
3D Acceleration: Disabled
Remote Display Server: Disabled
Hard Disks IDE Primary Master: Win-98.vdi (Normal, 3.00 GB)
CD/DVD-ROM Host Drive: D:
Floppy Not mounted
Audio Host Driver: Windows DirectSound
Controller: SoundBlaster 16
Network Adapter 1:PCnet-PCI II (NAT)
Serial Ports Disabled
USB Disabled
Shared Folders None
Morgothom
Posts: 2
Joined: 8. Aug 2009, 21:36
Primary OS: MS Windows XP
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: win 98

Re: Weird Pixelation with Win98

Post by Morgothom »

thx very much :)

it works fine now, i think my graphic settings were a bit too high, but im not sure about it
stefan.becker
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Re: Weird Pixelation with Win98

Post by stefan.becker »

Search for vbemp VGA Driver, too. See Sticky WinDOS Post in Windows Guest Area.
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