I want to be able to run oldschool games natively instead of relying on an emulator like DosBox. Win98 was the last OS built on top of DOS. Anyways, anyone successful in getting Win98 to run on a Core2Duo machine/laptop? If so, where did you source your drivers?
Try running a dozen classic games like Duke/Wolf 3D Hexxen/Heretic Dark Forces etc. under DoxBos. Responsiveness of the games under such emulators just plain suck, not to mention consuming high CPU power.
Ya I hear ya eatup trying to run a virtual machine using a core 2 duo probably would suc. Actually running a core 2 duo with those games is probably pushing it also.
Try a port, run in new windows XL engine for dark forces eduke32 for duke nuken ZDoom for heretic, doom and hexen 1
that whole system is WAY wrong to run win98 2gigs ram is too much Geforce card will not have drivers I have run 98 on a core2duo I suggest using VMWare and just running 98 inside of your XP install
Not disagreeing that VM would be better, but will disagree with 98SE on 2gb RAM and GeForce (depending on the make). It can be done. The major problem with the video is (if it's an add-in) is the RAM it has on board. In any case, it all depends on the hardware specifics (not given), so (sorry) it can be done (again, depending). Much easier to use a VM than to "fight" with direct install, especially with a laptop.
The CPU is not an issue. 1 core will be ignored, that's it. - You need to set your SATA controller to IDE emulation. - You'll have to make FAT/FAT32 partitions - You'll have to edit your system.ini to appear to have less than 512 MB of RAM during installation, at the first crash, from a DOS command line, then resume installation - You'll have to have a video card that has W98 drivers. Ati up to X000 series, Nvidia up to FX series. - You'll have to have a sound card that has W98 drivers (for Realtek AC97, use W95 driver and install through device manager) - You'll have to download and install updates manually, as WU v4 has been dead for years (W98SE recommended, more stable without updates) - Keep an offline installer of IE6SP1 ready on a CD or HDD folder. You'll have a non-functional default browser - For the installation, download an image of the W98 rescue disk, and use it for booting. If you have no floppy drive, use it to create a bootable CD with floppy emulation. This will provide you with the appropriate DOS environment, CD-ROM driver and disk utilities. Alternatively, some W98 CDs have a boot sector and can be used as a boot disk.