I want to make a bootable ISO out of my Windows 98 CD. The CD is a bootable OEM genuine Windows 98SE installation disc 0499 Part No. What would be the easiest way to make an ISO of this CD to use with Virtual PC? 0 lfkfkfkffs Admirable. Apr 2, 2014 1,882 0 6,460 381. It's important to note as well that even if you did download Windows 98, what you would get is an image of the Windows 98 Setup CD. For example, you would probably download an ISO file like windows-98-se.iso, or something like that. This is a video tutorial on how to install Windows 98 First Edition in Virtualbox! Happy New Year Everyone! Virtualbox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downl. Before proceeding to the steps for installing Windows 98 in VirtualBox, you can download Windows 98 from the link below. Then follow the steps below to install Windows 98 in VirtualBox on Windows 10. CD or ISO image of Windows 98 VBEMP Universal VESA Video Driver Download Windows 98 also accepts the SciTech Display Doctor video driver that was used in my Windows 95 tutorial with VirtualBox.
If you’ve yet to play around with your own virtual machine, you’re missing out. When I first found out that this type of technology was possible, literally emulating another operating system and essentially another “computer” within your own, I was pretty stunned and amazed. This opened a lot of possibilities for me and offered a lot of new things for me to explore and get familiar with. It was a real joy to go back and revisit my favorite OS of all time, Windows 98.
Virtual machines are more useful than just for fun and games, and they’ve helped me a huge deal in work-related areas of my life. Using a virtual machine offers a great sandboxWhat's A Sandbox, And Why Should You Be Playing in OneWhat's A Sandbox, And Why Should You Be Playing in OneHighly-connective programs can do a lot, but they're also an open invitation for bad hackers to strike. To prevent strikes from becoming successful, a developer would have to spot and close every single hole in...Read More if you’re ever dealing with sketchy software that may be riddled with things that you’re way too nervous to allow on your main disk. While some trojans and malware are sophisticated enough to pass through virtual disks, it’s still a common practice.
In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and runningHow To Use VirtualBoxes Free Images To Test & Run Open Source Operating Systems [Linux]How To Use VirtualBoxes Free Images To Test & Run Open Source Operating Systems [Linux]Quickly try out a wide variety of open source operating systems, some you're familiar with and some you aren't. You can start browsing now at Virtualboxes, a website that takes almost all the work out...Read More in practically a matter of minutes (depending on your download speed). In this post, I’d like to show you three great websites where you can find a heap of free virtual disk images.
VirtualBoxes on SourceForge
VirtualBoxes takes on an extremely convenient and familiar approach to offering a very high number of free VDIs to you and I.
You’ve surely navigated and downloaded from SourceForge before, and VirtualBoxes follows the exact same format.
VirtualBoxes boasts 49 VDIs that you can download, all 100% free. They are as follows:
- OpenSUSE
- CentOS
- Linux Mint
- Syllable
- Ubuntu Studio
- Zenwalk
- Lubuntu
- Debian GNU_Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- UbuntuServer
- Special
- Xubuntu Linux
- Fedora
- MINIX
- FreeDOS
- Kubuntu Linux
- AROS
- SLITaz
- Archlinux
- Haiku
- Plan9
- ReactOS
- Puppy Linux
- Android
- Debian-kfreebsd
- Milax
- Vector Linux
- Sidux
- temp
- PCLinuxOS
- Tiny Core Linux
- OpenSolaris
- moonOS
- Gentoo
- Nexenta GNU_OpenSolaris
- Moblin 2 Beta
- Dreamlinux
- Mandriva Linux
- FreeBSD
- Damn Small
- TinyMe
- gOS
- gNewSense
- Deli Linux
- Fluxbuntu
- Slackware
VirtualBoxes.org
The Images section of VirtualBoxes.org actually amounts to nothing more than a new face wrapped around our previous entry’s downloads. So why list both? Because you have a choice! VirtualBoxes.org takes the VirtualBoxes SourceForge page and sets it off with a more user-friendly interface. If browsing the SourceForge page comes across as uncomfortable to you, VirtualBoxes.org makes an attempt at sorting the VDIs more effectively and even includes screenshots.
Downloads on this version of the website offer slightly more information in regards to each Virtual Disk Image. You are told the file size, active user accounts (if any), and any notes that people deem worth sharing.
Being practically the same website, VirtualBoxes.org also includes links to 49 active VDIs.
VirtualBoxImages.com
VirtualBoxImages.com is probably the most well-known collection of VDIs online.
Windows 98se Virtualbox
Navigating through the downloads is incredibly easy. Just click the header for a VDI that you’re interested in and you’ll be taken to a page that offers a torrent link above a list of patch notes and some information regarding the VDI that you’ve chosen. You’ll also get a nice screenshot, a date for the most recent activation, and the release date of the VDI.
The available VDIs on this website are well into the hundreds, and here are a few examples of what you can expect to be offered:
- Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 LAMP Server
- Ubuntu 13.04 amd64
- Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 amd64
- LinuxMint 201303 Debian Cinnamon 32bit
- LinuxMint 201303 ‘Debian’ amd64 Cinnamon
- Ubuntu 13.04 i386
- openSUSE 12.3 Gnome x86_64
- Ubuntu 12.04.2 amd64
- FuelPHP Framework Server w-Desktop
- CentOS 5.9 x86_64 Gnome
- LinuxMint 14 KDE Desktop 32bit
- Ubuntu 12.10 i386 Desktop VirtualBox
- Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 LAMP/Tomcat Server
- OS4 Opendesk 13 32bit
- Hanthana 17 i386
- Snowlinux e17 Crystal
- Slackware 14 32bit KDE
- Fedora 18 x86_84
- Sabayon Linux 10 amd64 Gnome
These three (or two, depending on how you look at it) offer the best selection of clean and completely free virtual disk images that you should be able to find online. Remember, be cautious when you’re hunting down a website to download any VDIs or ISOs frpm because many of the lesser-known websites harbor malware-infected versions that are out to do nothing more than give you an incredibly hard time.
Is there a reputable Virtual Disk Image vendor that I don’t have on the list? Please share any more that you know of in the comments section below!
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thanks a lot for all
I'm not enthralled with VirtualBoxImages.com pointing the torrent to visit.tradebit.com and then looking at $1.99 to pay for the privilege of getting the torrent link.
That $1.99 is NOT paying for bandwidth!
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Thanks a lot really helpful!!
It's superb idea and very practicle. Thanks for the article.
This is a much needed source of information for many of us.
I feel that Sourceforge is easiest for me, when it comes to download application like VirtualBox.
I read here on superuser.com that windows XP ISO files are not generally available for downloads from legitimate sources. What version of Windows can I use then, to mount as an ISO file with VirtualBox? And from where do i get it?
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Make your own image (*.iso) from physical media with any of a number of CD imaging tools. ImgBurn is a popular choice.
Also worth noting that an MSDN OS Subscription from Microsoft lets you download ISOs for pretty much every version of Windows they've ever shipped, including all variants of Windows XP, which are readily usable in VMs.
ckhanckhanWindows Vista SP1
Windows 7 SP1
Windows 98 Vm
Those contain official links from Microsoft's distributor DigitalRiver. Note that you'll still need a licence key to activate them, though.
You can also get a 90-day evaluation version of Windows 7 Enterprise from Technet:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495