re: Device drivers for virtual 98SE PC?
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 7:48 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6106 messages posted)
Not everything can be used through emulation. Video and sound cards are the most
troublesome. The issue is that you must run through two sets of drivers which must
be more intimate with the hardware and since the emulated device can't communicate/control
the hardware natively, you can certianly run into issues. I have found some hardware
and drivers more adaptable than others and the installers either work or not, some
can be modified, others can not. Some devices just aren't going to be suppported
as well or at all. Sometimes it just won't work, no matter what you do. Don't know
if this is the case with your hardware but quite possible IME. If it can be done,
the Nvidia forums may be able to point you to modified drivers, or modified installers
that will work.
On Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 10:55 pm, grahame pratt wrote:
>I ran this PC as a dual 98SE/XP boot (fine) until I upped the RAM to 2 GBy which
>98SE does not understand. I used WinXP MS Virtual Machine to create a 98SE VM under
>WinXP host: fine, except lousy graphics. It has an nVidia card for which I have
both
>WinXP and Win98(generic) installers; these are packaged nVidia installation "kits".
>I have used the MS "extra resources" but I still get only 320x240 resolution in
the
>VM! How can I install Win98-compatibile nVidia drivers in the 98SE VM? The nVidia
>"kit" has no explicit *.inf file, so Win 98SE will not install drivers. The nVidia
>"kit" does not recognise any nVidia hardware from inside the VM so the "kit" installation
>will not run.
>Any ideas, anybody?
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