Plus there is a turotial: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33359
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 11:46 PM, John Boxall <jboxal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alexey, > > Thanks for the hint. In fact I _enabled_ VT-x in the machine's BIOS (old > laptop, not on by default) and, eventually, it worked. > > Even after I enabled VT-x the "Acceleration" tab did not appear in the guest > settings. I had to un-install VB and re-install it for that tab to be > accessible. I have left VT-x enabled. > > Thanks again for the assistance! > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Alexey Eromenko <al4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Try to disable VT-x, and see how it goes. >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 6:28 AM, John Boxall <jboxal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thanks Alexey, unfortunately, I am using the default 64MB of RAM and a >> > 5GB >> > hard drive. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > John Boxall >> > >> > Sent via thumb-constrained interface. Argh! >> > >> > On Nov 28, 2015 11:15 PM, "Alexey Eromenko" <al4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> But I know that Win 98 installs with little RAM, try 128 MB of RAM. >> >> And small HDD - like 8 or 32 GB. >> >> >> >> Any bigger will fail. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 6:08 AM, Alexey Eromenko <al4...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > I had Windows 98 Second Edition working few years back on VBox. >> >> > (Didn't test latest v5.x series with it) >> >> > >> >> > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 5:57 AM, John Boxall <jboxal...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> I am trying to install Windows 98SE in a new VM in VirtualBox >> >> >> (5.0.2) >> >> >> on a >> >> >> Windows 7 Ultimate host. Every time the VM tries to boot the >> >> >> physical >> >> >> installation CD I get the following window. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> VirtualBox.exe - Application Error >> >> >> X >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> The exception Breakpoint >> >> >> A breakpoint has been reached >> >> >> (0x80000003) occurred in the application at location 0x65be7f56. >> >> >> >> >> >> Click on OK to terminate the program >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> I have successfully installed Win98SE with the same CD on a Debian >> >> >> Jessie >> >> >> host under VB 5.0.2. >> >> >> >> >> >> Has anyone else had this issue, and been able to resolve it? >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> John Boxall >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> VBox-users-community mailing list >> >> >> VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Unsubscribe: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> VBox-users-community mailing list >> >> VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Unsubscribe: >> >> >> >> mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > VBox-users-community mailing list >> > VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Unsubscribe: >> > >> > mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> VBox-users-community mailing list >> VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe: >> mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > -- > Regards, > > John Boxall > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: > mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe > -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. 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