On Thursday 29 November 2007, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Thursday 29 November 2007, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2007 9:30 AM, Dmitriy Kazimirov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > You can use network to share folders. > > > According to roadmap better support for Win98 is not planned anytime > > > soon. > > > > Why would it be needed to provide specific support for windows 98? > > Just curious. > > > > Isn't there any "generic" (ie VESA) video driver for Windows 98 which > > could be used to gain higher resolutions?. I'm thinking of Display > > Doctor.... (get one from an old repository, as the company, Scitech > > software, recently went under and is for sale). > > > > That is, assuming that Virtualbox can emulate an acceleration-free VESA > > card to the VM... > > Exactly this should work. Use the SciTech VESA driver for Win98 and you > should be fine. But this driver is not free AFAIK.
This is the main problem VirtualBox's paradigm. Windows, any windows, installs for specific hardware and an emulating VM needs present some standard, known hardware to work. Qemu does this and one can get other resolutions using Qemu. Win98 is just as painfully sllooooooww under Qemu as in Vbox but it works better in Qemu, not NEEDING guest-additions. If guest additions are not needed for proper OS operation in the emulator, then the developers need not write them. Even with guest additions, using Windows in a VM will work best if standard, known hardware is presented. The guest additions for better host-guest relationships, faster operation, etc., would be "gravy". For now, use Qemu with Win98. Don't forget to install the kqemu kernel module (both available in Debian or from their own sites). Note that after installation on some systems, such as mine, the kernel module will not work unless I manually assure that its "device-major" number is 250. _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
