We switched the -boot flag to be ‘a’ now (pointing to the floppy disk).

Much lower RAM, I originally tried with 512 and things didn’t go well.

This is nice, because now you can run XP and 98 AT THE SAME TIME! 💪

We’re using -vnc :1, so connecting using the VNC app will now be localhost:5901.

You’ll notice the few slight differences with the XP install command: Post a comment if you experience issues, I’d like to know. Next, let’s get this install rolling: qemu-system-i386 -m 128 -vnc :1 -drive file=Win98.img,format=qcow2 -cdrom storage/downloads/Win98SE.iso -boot a -fda storage/downloads/Win98SeBoot.imgĪs you can tell, I’m installing SE version of 98, I see no reason why it wouldn’t work on the older versions, but I haven’t personally tried it. So without further ado, let’s get started…Ĭreate our hard disk, very similar to the XP setup, except for much smaller (10 Gig) drive: qemu-img create -f qcow2 Win98.img 10G

Also, the Windows 98 boot disk floppy image (needed to kickoff the install), is incredibly easy to find.

Windows 98 install ISO image is _very_ easy to find online.

Requires a boot disc before you can start installing the OS.īut, where we have those negatives, there are a few blessings:.

Is quite finicky about how much RAM it has.

Great! With all of that in place, let’s take a look at the key differences!Īs you probably don’t remember (don’t worry, I didn’t either) Windows 98: Maybe a physical keyboard or more powerful keyboard app.Take a look at the XP setup guide as your prerequisite, and be sure to have: Since most of the commands and setup are the same, I won’t repeat myself here.

In the great push to be more retro than my prior retro, I bring to you Windows 98!

No rooting or custom modifications needed, we’re going to do this with stock Android and a few free (but high-quality) apps.īy now I’m sure you’ve read my previous article “ Running Windows XP on Android” and thought to yourself: “XP is great, but I need me some DOS”.

Windows 98 img for dosbox