User`s guide
Troubleshooting and Limitations 274
Installing Windows 98 as a Guest
OS
All Windows 95 and some of Windows 98 installation packages include a bootable floppy (a
startup floppy disk). The floppy is used to perform disk partitioning and formatting by means of
MS-DOS. Since modern Macs have no floppy drives, you will need an external USB floppy
drive or an image of a bootable floppy disk. Such an image can be created using third-party
tools.
If you have a bootable CD with Windows 98 installation, you may use it as is or create an ISO
image of it.
Below we describe the installation procedure for Window 98, for the case when you have a
startup floppy image and a CD with the installation files. The installation of Windows 95 is
similar to that.
Preparing a Virtual Machine for Windows 95/98 Installation
We recommend that you use a virtual machine created with a configuration typical for Windows
98 (128MB RAM and 6GB hard disk). If you created a custom configuration, check that virtual
machine's RAM and hard disk size meet particular OS's requirements.
Note. For Windows 95 do not create virtual hard disks with more than 2 Gb, they are not
supported by the system.
If you have a bootable floppy image, perform the following operations:
1 Create a typical Windows 98 virtual machine using New Virtual Machine Assistant (p. 88).
Be sure to click Done in the last step.
2 Right-click the virtual machine in the virtual machines list and choose Configure from the
context menu.
3 Click Hardware > Boot Order, and set the boot sequence to Floppy Disk, Hard disk, CD/DVD.
4 Click Floppy Disk in the Hardware tab to open the virtual floppy disk drive settings.
5 Make sure that the Connected option is selected. Specify the floppy image in the Source
section of the tab.
6 Click OK to save the virtual machine configuration.
Initial Partitioning and Formatting
1 Start the virtual machine. You will see the black screen and messages indicating the process
of booting to MS DOS.
2 When prompted, enter the following command:
fdisk
Fdisk, which is an MS-DOS utility, is used to partition hard disks and floppy disks.
3 The Fdisk options will be listed. Choose the operation to perform, the default choice is 1,
and press Return (Enter) to continue.