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Running two guest systems simultaneously?

Posted: 29. May 2012, 18:34
by BillA1016
I know I've been posting a lot, but everyone here has been really helpful! I *think* this is my last question for now!

So, in order to run the program that I've been having difficulty with, I installed Windows 98. It was a hassle, but now that it's in, it's running very well. Earlier, I had Windows 98 booted up with the program running and wanted to run Windows XP. I got an error that it couldn't mount the second drive, or something like that. After I shut Windows 98 down, everything worked fine. I thought that maybe you couldn't have two guest systems running at once, but I was able to simultaneously run Windows XP and Ubuntu. Is there anything I can do to run Windows 98 and Windows XP at the same time?

Thanks!

Re: Running two guest systems simultaneously?

Posted: 29. May 2012, 18:36
by stefan.becker
DOS oriented OS uses 100 % of CPU. Maybe you have not enough resources.

You can try to install a CPU cooler like RAIN in the WinDOS guest.

Re: Running two guest systems simultaneously?

Posted: 29. May 2012, 18:38
by BillA1016
Do you mean that there's not enough RAM for it? I have 4GB of RAM on the host system, 512MB for XP, and just 16MB for Windows 98. Do you have any advice to make them run together?

Re: Running two guest systems simultaneously?

Posted: 29. May 2012, 18:39
by stefan.becker
Let it rain. See post above.

Re: Running two guest systems simultaneously?

Posted: 29. May 2012, 18:41
by BillA1016
Okay, maybe I'll give that a shot. If I can't run them together, it's not a big deal. Thanks for the help!