Running Windows 98SE

drakioned · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:43

I'm going to try and running Windows 98SE on the following machine, can anyone think of any problems that I may encounter?

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
2gb Patriot PC6400 kit
NEC 18x DVD-RW
Radeon X1800XT
Creative SB Audigy
Thermaltake Toughpower XT 875W
Tenda Gigabit Network Interface Card
Maxtor 300gb SATA
USB keyboard/mice

I believe there's W98SE drivers for the Radeon, and the SB Audigy, I didn't think there's any drivers for the onboard network controller, so I bought the Tenda network card. Is there any other problems I'm likely to encounter? Any problems it being 2gb, or the SATA, or USB, or anything like this?

True_Scotsman · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:45

I think possibly the SATA.

Scythe · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:54

Just why? Run it in a virtual machine.

haddows101 · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:57

i would try a ps2 mouse n k/b .... or pick up a cheap adapter, if i remember right win98 had issues startin pc with usb mouse n k/b.

Pate · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:59

haddows101 said:
i would try a ps2 mouse n k/b .... or pick up a cheap adapter, if i remember right win98 had issues startin pc with usb mouse n k/b.

Gah, I remember those days, just trying to get the simplest ****ing thing to work haha.

K.C. Leblanc · 6 Sep 2011 at 13:01

Have you considered using Virtualbox or VMWare player?

weird_dave · 6 Sep 2011 at 13:13

4GB file limit, so there might be issues if you want to write any iso files to your DVD writer.

drakioned · 6 Sep 2011 at 14:43

With the SATA problems, presumably most of these would go away if I run it in IDE rather than AHCI.

With the guys suggesting VMWare. I've considered it, but no. They have problems with DirectX in my experience.

This is a bit of an experiment... there'll probably be another OS installed on it as well.

Actually, what would be interesting if I could install Windows 98 on a USB stick. That would be interesting too.

Hagar · 6 Sep 2011 at 15:18

USB motherboard drivers, possibly windows will sort it out but you may need to find generic drivers on the net. Memory should be fine up to 3+Gb. SATA run a IDE as you have said.

I have had this running on a Dell D610 laptop as well as MSDos 5 in dual boot which was fun. I now run both using VMware