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thecooptoo
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 Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: virtualbox and win98 display |
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ive installled win98 on my gentoo laptop using virtualbox.
It works well, except that the display is in a window and ,even when changed to full screen, remains the same size. Within win98 I cant change the dispaly options ( 600X480, 16 colours ) Whenever i change the options within win98 and restart it the machine tells me I cant use the display options.
iv tried accessing the win98 CD and changing the driver to supervga.dll and the monitor driver to the various laptop settings
Ive not got/had windows on this machine so dont know the windows HW drivers to try and install.
FWIW heres the hardware
| Code: | gravity paul # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:03.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
01:03.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
01:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:05.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
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Ive got network accesss from the win 98 virtual machine if it helps. Suggestions for getting a usable win98 display?
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andreas_st
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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For resolutions of more than 640x480 you need to install graphics drivers.
Install app-emulation/virtualbox-additions (if you haven't already). This package contains an ISO file that can be mounted as a virtual CDROM drive from the vbox menu. It contains a graphics driver for vbox windows guests.
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Gusar
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, you need virtualbox-additions for better graphics. But the problem is that there is no win98 support in the additions AFAIK. So, for win98 I think you'd be better off with qemu. Or kvm, if you have a processor with virtualization support. |
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thecooptoo
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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i installed the virtualbox additions and have 2 options in the win98 menu, to uninstall and the vbox website
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dirk_salewski
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hey,
might not be what You want but switching resolutions works fine with original qemu. Even with Win98.
Do you really have old software that needs win98? And doesn't work with wine?
Greetings,
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