Install windows bochs

You can get the utils here. You will also need the Windows 95 cd. Make a subdirectory it doesn't have to be a subdir, it can probably be anywhere in the bochs directory, for example "win95".

Making the images. Now you can use the program called bximage. The normal install of windows 95 is about 80Mb and you probably want some room for apps too. The cyl, heads and sectors per track are important so you'd better write 'em down somewhere. When the image is ready, move the file to the subfolder.

Now for the bootdisk. You can use a physical bootdisk with bochs easier , or you can use an image. Of course, without it, or a CD-ROM image file referenced there, pressing a '1' or '3' will simply result in an error message before Bochs moves on to booting from the hard disk. After Bochs starts booting from the DLX disk image file, you'll see the following scroll by on the display:. Quick Guide to Using Bochs beginning with ' dlx linux ' : Note: It's perfectly normal for the 'dlxlinux' emulation screen to go completely 'blank' all black after a short time Holding down the 'SHIFT' key and pressing the 'PageUp' key, will allow you to scroll back up towards the beginning of the screen output.

DLX does not include any man manual or info pages. Please note; especially, if this is your first experience with linux, that DLX is an old and very limited linux distribution, and its version 1. Kernel version 1. Three rather important kernel releases were: 2. So, you should obtain a more recent linux distribution, which along with the linux kernel, includes a great deal of GNU "Gnu's Not Unix" software - free Unix-like utilities and applications.

A Linux Live! CD or DVD can be run without installation, to see why having and learning how to use a Linux distribution can be very useful; even for a Windows PC tech. If you wish to truly experience what Linux is like today, we'd recommend obtaining or downloading the. ISO image file of a recent Linux Distro such as the Ubuntu distribution which allows you to try running it directly from the CD; many online help forums exist for Ubuntu. Note: Do not install it to your PC without first understanding everything about creating and using a dual-boot PC.

A very nice and fairly recent alternative to DLX for running Linux under Bochs would be the "Virtio i" version of ttylinux v Although this is still a rather small. ISO file from inside the. GZ archive , it runs Linux kernel version 2. Please read our page on installing ttylinux under Bochs.

For the complete User Guide to Bochs, this file link should open in your PC's web browser: Bochs User Manual if you installed Bochs as instructed to do so above , provided you first copy this web page to your local PC. Check back in a few weeks to see if it is finished. Finally, give your hard disk image a name. ISO image of the Windows 98 cd-rom.

Follow the on-screen directions to install Windows. You will need to reboot during the installation. I was prompted for a boot floppy, but only the CD was actually needed. E-Maculation wiki. Installing Windows 98 SE in Bochs. Show pagesource. Old revisions. Recent Changes.