Need help with virtualbox and Win98

Gullible Jones · 2008-09-04 19:22:24

I'm trying to install Windows 98 on Virtualbox, but it's not working... Virtualbox complains that no boot medium can be found - apparently my install CD was designed to be booted with the help of a floppy disc. Unfortunately, my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, and I don't have a USB floppy drive or anything available.

Is it possible to somehow point Virtualbox to the necessary files on the CD, so that it boots into the setup program properly?

xdeusx · 2008-09-04 19:32:23

1.
Get over to a friend and create an image of your floppy.
http://www.towodo.com/products/floppyimage/
http://untitledfinale.wordpress.com/200 … der-linux/

2. Try out some online available floppy images.
http://www.allbootdisks.com/download/98.html
http://www.bootdisk.com/

iBertus · 2008-09-04 19:35:03

I've never done this before, but can't you just point VB to use one of those images (linked above) for the floppy? I know you can use iso images as CDs with qemu, so I assume you could use floppy images like real floppies with VB. I could also be way off on this one...

Gullible Jones · 2008-09-04 19:46:29

Thanks, trying the floppy images now...

Update: it boots from the image, but just hangs after displaying system information.

Update again: got it working with the no-ramdrive image, but can't seem to find where the CD is mounted. Grr.

Last edited by Gullible Jones (2008-09-04 19:57:36)

moljac024 · 2008-09-04 20:05:15

Dang, those Windows 98 / DOS days were so fun! Computing will never be so fun again

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#1 2008-09-04 19:22:24

Need help with virtualbox and Win98

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Re: Need help with virtualbox and Win98

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Re: Need help with virtualbox and Win98

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Re: Need help with virtualbox and Win98

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