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Virtualbox Additions Windows 98 Cd Version

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May 19, 2019 Additions option: VirtualBox will mount the Guest Additions ISO file on your virtual machine’s CD/DVD-ROM drive, and the Guest. I am using VirtualBox 4.3.12 on my macbook pro running OS 10.9.3 and trying to create a virtual machine from a Windows 98 SE ISO file I have, which is apparently bootable.

To get stuff into a Win98 virtual machine running in VirtualBox on a Linux host, VirtualBox shared folders are (as I understand it) not an option because there are no ‘Guest Additions’ for Win98. But there are various tricks to try. Using network connectivity is one way. One of the simplest is to use genisoimage. At a command prompt on a Linux host, typing

Now, to add the Windows 98 ISO image to the virtual machine, click the Right button / Settings on the virtual machine. Step 10 Click Storage and then Empty from the left panel of the Win 98 settings window. Click on the CD / DVD symbol on the right-hand side and click Choose Virtual Optical Disk File. VirtualBox Guest Additions don't exist for Windows 98. VirtualBox Guest Additions work fine for Windows XP.

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To create a vanilla ISO9660 filesystem image in the file cd.iso,
where the directory cd_dir will become the root directory
of the CD, call:

genisoimage -o cd.iso cd_dir

hence, I can just put the files I want to get into Win 98 in a directory and use genisoimage to make an iso file of the directory then put the iso in VirtualBox’s virtual CD drive using the ‘Devices’ menu (usually at the top of the VM).

However, it is no good for getting stuff out again, since the iso is read-only.

How about allowing the VM to access a USB stick? I started by finding ‘nusb36e.exe’ or similar on some trustworthy website, and installed it on the Win98 guest (ah, but how did I get the file into it? Well, I could have browsed the web from inside the VM, but I just used the genisoimage trick noted above), noting the instructions about removing previously defined USB devices (and other unidentified devices) first, by opening Device Manager in Win98 (note I am using Win98 SE. If using First Edition, the USB driver install is a little different). Also, on rebooting I did not let Windows try to install/find any new devices; I just cancelled any dialogues it popped up.

When I rebooted lots of ‘ghost’ drives seemed to appear in Windows Explorer, but when I put a USB stick into the host and made sure it was activated in the ‘Devices’ -> ‘USB Devices’ menu on the top of the VM window, I could indeed see the USB stick inside the VM.

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I could indeed copy files to it. Then, if I ejected it from the Win 98 box (left click on green USB eject arrow on bottom right of Win 98 screen and eject the relevant drive), and then deselected it from the VirtualBox ‘Devices’ menu, I could mount it on my Linux desktop and see the files I had copied out of the Win 98 VM.

Hence, to get files in and out of a Win 98 VM, you can go via a the network or via a USB stick.

It's 2011, and ... you don't care. All you want to know is how not to be stuck at 640x480 and 16 colors on Windows 98 guest on VirtualBox and guest additions won't ever be made on Windows 98 or 95.
How easy is it? go to http://bearwindows.zcm.com.au/vbe9x.htm and download, for instance, 2010.06.01 (click one of the ? on the right).
Now you have a .zip. Extract it.
Make a .iso from that folder with your favorite program.
You now can mount that on your Windows 98 image.
Update the driver from Device manager and point it to the VBE9XUNI folder and let it install. Reboot and you have color!
YRMV, don't blame me if it doesn't work, etc. All I can say is it worked well for me.
I suppose you're also looking for AMD PCnet drivers at the same time. Stop. Don't panic yourself about it, but stop the vm, go to network, advanced, and change the nic to the one above it -- NOT the FAST one. (have your Windows 98 CD available, and ... it is installed.)
2015: updated to a different domain.