Is there a reason you couldn't use a virtual Win2000 instead, it is possible there is support for Win2000 guest additions (I'm not sure). I know it is more likely Win98 programs will run in Win2000 than the other later versions.
Just my $0.02 ---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Richard C. Steffens <[email protected]>wrote: > I still have a couple of Win98 programs that I use from time to time. > I'd like to be able to run them on a virtual machine on my Linux > machine. To that end I installed the .deb package for VirtualBox from > Oracle, and successfully created a virtual Win98 machine. The base > machine only supports 16 colors at 640 x 480. To get better resolution > and take advantage of some optimization one must next implement "Guest > Additions." Unfortunately, support is not provided for Win98 (or 95 or > ME). Two alternatives are mentioned (that I've found through Google). > One is a commercial product for about $40. The other is free, but I > don't find clear instructions on how to use it. > > http://bearwindows.boot-land.net/vbe9x.htm > > Is anyone on the list using VirtualBox to run Win98? And can you point > me to clearer instructions on how to use the vbemp drivers? > > Thanks. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
