Win98 -- all kidding aside

[NoOp]

On 07/24/2008 03:50 PM, Spruil wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:16:19 -0500, Jimmy Montague wrote:
> 
>> Is there any way to get Win98 running inside Ubuntu?
> 
> I hope 98 works in Vmware because I found it very hard to get working 
> properly in Virtualbox.
> 
> In many cases it's hard to install in the first place because, at least 
> in my case, the OEM and upgrade CDs were never bootable. You can overcome 
> this by using one of the IMGs at bootdisk.com
> 
> Then you hit the second snag. Vbox Additions don't work with 98 and this 
> created all sorts of hardware issues for me. I never really resolved this 
> and in the end I just used an old 233 I bought from the local paper.

VirtualBox is very easy to install and they provide debs for the PUEL
version. The opensource version is in the repositories, see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
 The primary difference is that the PUEL version provides USB and remote
desktop support and the opensource version does not. Both are free of
course.

For Win98, please see:
http://virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ
[Windows 98 guests]

You might want to consider using Win2K/Win2KPro instead of Win98 if you
have it. Most all Win98 programs will run just fine under Win2K & it is
considerably more stable. Plus, you have the added advantage of
intalling the guest addition so you have proper graphics etc.

As of VMWare; I much prefer VirtualBox (particularly after VMWare fired
Diane Greene), but if you want to give it a spin see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware
Note that only the VMWare server is free, the VMWare Workstation is not,
and the VMWare Player on Hardy requires some special bits:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Player. None of the VMWare
packages are in the Hardy repositories.