Qemu help
Peter Christy
anything more recent than Win 98. It won't run on XP or under Wine, though
strangely, it used to run under OS/2 (which had Win 3.1 built in)!
I've always kept an old machine running '98 solely so I could use this
software, but with Virtualisation coming of age, I thought I'd try that.
I installed VirtualBox as the easiest option, but '98 runs like a dog under
it, took umpteen goes (and all kinds of trickery!) before I could make it
install, and won't let me install the old software I need! (It crashes!)
So I'm trying Qemu, under Slackware64-current (kernel 2.6.32). I've compiled
kvm as modules, and loaded these. I've compiled the latest version of Qemu
(0.12.0-rc1).
I've created a 2G virtual disk using "qemu-img create -f qcow2 win98.img 2G"
I've created and formatted a partition on the virtual drive using the win98
boot floppy. However, when I try and install win98, everything stops once
checkdisk has finished - ie setup.exe checks the disk, but nothing happens
afterwards! No error messages, nothing. The thing just sits there!
My command to get this far is "qemu -cpu 486 -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/sr0 -
m 128 -boot a win98.img -localtime"
I've tried with and without the -cpu option. If I -enable-kvm, it doesn't
even boot from the floppy!
What have I missed / am I doing wrong?
Any help much appreciated!
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geep
Hi,
I always found everything ran slow under QEMU, although haven't tried it
for over a year (compared with VirtualBox or VMWare Player).
The latest - free - VMWare Player is pretty impressive. Perhaps try that.
I have it running on Slackware 12.2.
It's now more like VirtualBox in terms of GUI.
Last time I tried Win98 under VMWare Player I noted it too ran slowish,
unfortunately. Perhaps better with latest VMWare Player.
Good luck,
Peter
jim dorey
98 and 3.1 and others, all dos based, if you can get dos running, you
probably could install 98...possibly by copying the directories from
your old machine, and updating the files that already exist. any files
that already exist probably are the ones related to starting windows, i
can barely remember, but i think you can run windows with a dos command,
there's a file with that command in it.
geep
Have now tried Win98 First Edition on the lastest VMWare Player 3.0
It performs respectably. I have a Intel Core2duo E6550 @ 2.33 Ghz.
Installation of Win98 straightforward using an image of a boot
floppy plus iso image of Windows 98. The VMWare tools support the
screen resize and mouse. Had to hunt around for a sound driver, but found
one and it all works fine.
Definitely suggest you try VMWare Player if you don't have success with
QEMU.
Cheers,
Peter
Peter Chant
> 98 and 3.1 and others, all dos based, if you can get dos running, you
> probably could install 98...possibly by copying the directories from
> your old machine, and updating the files that already exist. any files
> that already exist probably are the ones related to starting windows, i
> can barely remember, but i think you can run windows with a dos command,
> there's a file with that command in it.
I think on my 286 with win 3.1 it I booted to dos and typed "win" at the
command prompt to boot windows. I beleive that was the fairly normal way of
doing things until 95 came along.
Pete
Henrik Carlqvist
> I think on my 286 with win 3.1 it I booted to dos and typed "win" at the
> command prompt to boot windows. I beleive that was the fairly normal way of
> doing things until 95 came along.
For those who prefered it that way it was in win9x possible to edit
c:\msdos.sys and set BootGUI=0.
But now we are getting offtopic...
regards Henrik
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Peter Christy
original ran on a basic 486, and wasn't exactly quick! My problem is getting
it to run at all!
I've got '98 to run under VirtualBox, but I cannot install the application!
It crashes when I try!
Under Qemu, I can't get 98 to load at all!
I haven't tried VMware, as Slackware wasn't on the "supported hosts" list. A
further complication is that I'm running Slack64, and the FAQs suggest that
you need a load of 32-bit libraries to run VMware with a 32 bit guest
system!
The application in question is Windows Electronic Workbench - a very good
circuit simulation program. Unfortunately, mine is an old copy from the days
of Win 3.1, but it does what I need! Newer versions have all sorts of
whistles and bells that I *don't* need, and the cost of recent versions is
ridiculous for a "hobby" (ie non-commercial) application.
I almost have it working under Wine, but the graphics are all corrupted
making it useless. And so far, my efforts with Virtual Machines - which I
thought would be my saviour - have proven even more problematic!
<sigh!>
I guess I'm just going to have to keep my ancient K6-2 machine running with
its equally ancient Win98 install for a few more years yet....!
Joost Kremers
> I guess I'm just going to have to keep my ancient K6-2 machine running with
> its equally ancient Win98 install for a few more years yet....!
or find a modern program that is open source and does what you want. a quick
google search suggests there are various options.
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jim dorey
> I almost have it working under Wine, but the graphics are all corrupted
> making it useless. And so far, my efforts with Virtual Machines - which I
> thought would be my saviour - have proven even more problematic!
try the wine configuratoratrix program, you probably can set the version
compatibility to use, differently.
John F. Morse
> Thanks to everyone for your replies. I'm not too worried about speed as the
> original ran on a basic 486, and wasn't exactly quick! My problem is getting
> it to run at all!
>
> I've got '98 to run under VirtualBox, but I cannot install the application!
> It crashes when I try!
>
> Under Qemu, I can't get 98 to load at all!
>
If it is any help at all, I have Win 98SE loaded under QEMU. Your
problem might be the older Win 98 ("first edition").
It was originally installed on a Ubuntu 6.06 LTS system, just as an
experiment, or a learning lesson on QEMU. I actually wanted to try Win
95 since it was smaller, but couldn't quickly find that CD, so I grabbed
the Win 98SE CD.
This Ubuntu 6.06 LTS PC was later upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS earlier
this year, and the QEMU still runs Win 98SE fine.
I'm sorry but I have no recollection of what I did to originally install
it back around 2006. It's on a nearby PC, so if you need me to look up
something, I could easily fire it up and get back to you.
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Peter Christy
> Peter Christy wrote:
>> I guess I'm just going to have to keep my ancient K6-2 machine running
>> with its equally ancient Win98 install for a few more years yet....!
>
> or find a modern program that is open source and does what you want. a
> quick google search suggests there are various options.
>
>
Hi Joost (and others),
If there is something out there that works as well, I have yet to find it!
I'm trying to design low powered UHF transmitters and receivers. WEWB has a
wonderful simulator that enables me to draft a circuit, then sweep it with a
variable frequency oscillator and plot the output on a simulated Spectrum
Analyzer! I haven't come across anything like it anywhere else!
Furthermore, the results it produces match up very closely with real world
experience - something that is very rare at UHF frequencies!
I did have a brainwave that nearly worked - like everything else I've tried!
The program used to work well under OS/2, and since Win98 was proving so
troublesome under VirtualBox and Qemu, I thought I'd try OS/2! It installed
very easily under VirtualBox (haven't tried Qemu yet) and seems to run fine,
but again, it throws a wobbly when I try and install WEWB! I think WEWB must
be trying to access something in hardware directly (probably the graphics
card) and this is what is causing the issues!
Dammit! So near, yet so far!