Windows 98 virtualbox guest additions2/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() NetworkEasiest thing, is to setup VirtualBox to NAT, and AMD PCnet-II network chip. (setting 32 bit color mode optimizes the interface with Virtualbox and really speeds things up)4. Even then, you can't select any higher resolution modes until you ditch the 'default monitor' and select one of the 'Super VGA' types.After fiddling around with the above changes and rebooting several times you should be able to select 800å00 or 1024x768 (or higher) resolutions with 32 bit color depth. After the program launches, you have to find the little round radio button link to click to 'enable' the new driver (otherwise you still have VGA). SciTech Display Doctor (recommended)The second option is to get the SciTech Display Doctor version 7 beta driver (12 MB) -(contributed by RichardS)-or-The driver is a high quality commercial grade video driver (even includes some software emulated Open GL 3D support), and it does include an exe installer program.Despite having an installer, the SciTech Display Doctor is a little tricky to get going. Video driver integration.By default Windows 98 will run only in 640x480 resolution, 16-colors.Performance Note: VirtualBox is not optimized for 16-colors (4-bit) emulation. The extra data key is called CustomVideoMode with x being a number from 1 to 16.Additional video modes can be configured for each VM using the extra data facility. Win98soundscreenshot06me3.png (39.92 KiB) Viewed 725815 times2.7. When using Windows guests with the VirtualBox Guest Additions, a custom graphics driver will be used instead of the fallback VESA solution so this information does not apply. ![]() ![]() So if you're newbie, you should use Windows 98 SE bootable CD.Additionally I strongly suggest to limit system RAM to 512 MB for those OSes. Installation - I won't cover here in detail, except few points.Most CD-ROMs available for Windows 95/98 are not bootable, which means, that you must boot from DOS floppy, install DOS first and only then install Windows 95/98.It does require DOS skills.Official bootable CD media is starting from 98SE. Since this is now became a common request by many, I decided to write a tutorial about Windows 9x (95/98/98SE/Me) usage on VirtualBox.Forenote: Windows 9x is not officially supported by VirtualBox team, which means, that it lacks Guest VM Additions, and it runs slowly, because VirtualBox is not optimized to run Win 9x.1. ![]()
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