VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows 98 Installations)

Installing Windows 98

Be sure to read “General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products” on page 14 and this section before installing this operating system.

You can install Windows 98 in a virtual machine using the standard Windows 98 CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows 98:
 Create and configure a new virtual machine.

Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 98 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 98.
3 Choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from CD‐ROM. The
setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
4 Once again, choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from
CD‐ROM. The setup program continues installing Windows 98.
5 Follow the Windows 98 installation steps as you would for a physical PC.

Post Installation Instructions

Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 98
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 98, you can enable it after the operating system
has been installed. To set up networking for a virtual machine, power off the virtual machine and add a
network adapter to the configuration. When you power on the virtual machine, Windows 98 automatically
detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI‐ISA) and prompts for the Windows 98 CD‐ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed. Use the install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed. Use the Network icon in the Windows 98 Control Panel to view or change network settings.

For example, you might want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 98 does not install it by default
.
VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools & for a
listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base
article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.