Windows 95 faults in setup

[swarfega]

When I try to install Windows 95 in VirtualBox I get as far as copying the files and then I get this error:



This also happens when I try installing Windows 3.1 and Windows Me so I imagine is something to do with win9.x and prior.

any suggestions please.

 

[Antman]

Sun does not recommend and does not support Winver's 98 or earlier. You can do it, but you need to use a Google adapter.

 

[petrossa]

When I try to install Windows 95 in VirtualBox I get as far as copying the files and then I get this error:

View attachment 22261

This also happens when I try installing Windows 3.1 and Windows Me so I imagine is something to do with win9.x and prior.

any suggestions please.

i managed to get it going in Vista, let me see, BRB

 

[Kari]

This also happens when I try installing Windows 3.1 and Windows Me so I imagine is something to do with win9.x and prior.

any suggestions please.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but prior to WinNT & 2000, windows was rather a GUI on top of DOS than an OS. Of 3.X I'm sure you had to first install DOS and only thereafter Windows. I do not recall how it was wit 95?

Anyway, I found this for you.

Kari

 

[swarfega]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but prior to WinNT & 2000, windows was rather a GUI on top of DOS than an OS. Of 3.X I'm sure you had to first install DOS and only thereafter Windows. I do not recall how it was wit 95?

Anyway, I found this for you.

Kari

yes it was. It was on top of dos. I did format the drive and sys'd it to transfer dos over before installing Windows.

 

[Antman]

Swarf, you should apply for a position at Sun. Maybe a support bloggist. Blogger is to bloggist as technician is to engineer.

 

[Kari]

yes it was. It was on top of dos. I did format the drive and sys'd it to transfer dos over before installing Windows.

Yeah, I was quite sure you'd done that. It just was the first thing in my mind after reading your post.

 

[Orbital Shark]

That's very strange Swarf, i've had 95 installed on VBox with no issues. The only thing was getting drivers installed for my video/wireless hardware

 

[swarfega]

Thanks you pointed me in the right direction:

edited the config.sys file to include:

DEVICE=\TEMP\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=\TEMP\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20
STACKS=0,0

DEVICE=\TEMP\CD1.SYS /D:banana
LASTDRIVE=Z

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Thanks you pointed me in the right direction:

edited the config.sys file to include:

DEVICE=\TEMP\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=\TEMP\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20
STACKS=0,0

DEVICE=\TEMP\CD1.SYS /D:banana
LASTDRIVE=Z

Sorry I have to comment..

LOL banana? D Drive is a Banana.. Hmm... lol

I am done.

 

[johngalt]

If you're using VBox, make sure your HDs are not set for SATA - Win9x will not recognize those in any way.

 

[swarfega]

Sorry I have to comment..

LOL banana? D Drive is a Banana.. Hmm... lol

I am done.

lol its the default name for the Windows Me cd driver.

If you're using VBox, make sure your HDs are not set for SATA - Win9x will not recognize those in any way.

I have several options for types of hard drive: ICH6, PIIX3 and PIIX4. Which one would you recommend?

 

[Beginning]

Sorry I have to comment..

LOL banana? D Drive is a Banana.. Hmm... lol

I am done.

Hahaha.... Every time I here the word Banana, this goes through my mind..

 

[johngalt]

A good tutorial on Win 95 / Win98 in VBox:
Tutorial: Windows 95/98 guest OSes (View topic) • virtualbox.org

 

[swarfega]

Cool, ill follow that thanks. After this next projects will be OS/2 warp 4 and BeOS (if VB supports it).

 

[johngalt]

I should have linked to this site earlier - but for pre-installed images, take a look at Sun xVM VirtualBox Virtual Disk Images | VirtualBoxImages.com

 

[swarfega]

thanks, those look worth trying out.

 

[chuckr]

Cool, ill follow that thanks. After this next projects will be OS/2 warp 4 and BeOS (if VB supports it).

Why all the "oldies" ?

 

[swarfega]

Because its fun reliving what Ive used a long time ago.

 

[petrossa]

Why all the "oldies" ?

good memories? Or just fun. I've tried every os i could lay my hands on,and getting OS/2 running and opening a win 3 session was a thrill from the good old days.

If only they'd continued we'd have surpassed win7 already in the year 2000.