Installing, running and working with 9x virtual PCs under 98/ME systems with QEMU made very easy. Highly recommended for poor service packs creators and testers alike as it's all free. Just follow the few easy steps and in a few hours you'll be running not only a fast and responsive (on recent hardware) but also a very usefull 9x emulation.
Install Qemu On Mac
- How to Install Windows 98. After you partition and format your hard disk, you can install Windows 98: Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer. When the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer with CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER.
- QEMU on OS X (macOS) hosts. While QEMU's main host platform is Linux, it is also supported on operating systems for Apple's Mac computers (known as OS X or macOS).The official support policy covers the last two released versions of OSX; QEMU might work on older versions, but it is not guaranteed and it might not even compile on older versions.
- Use Oracle VirtualBox and create a virtual machine using a Windows 98 iso file. Installing Windows 98 bare-metal on a MacBook is not supported because Windows 98 expects legacy BIOS support which was phased out since 2015.
That’s right, the ADB is usable enough now to type and move the mouse, meaning that OS X Server can now be installed within Qemu!
It’s incredibly slow, and the mouse is incredibly jumpy, but it’s actually running!
Basically, like A/UX, you boot up into MacOS to partition the drive.
qemu-system-ppc-screamer.exe -L pc-bios -m 256 -M mac99 -prom-env “boot-args=-v” -prom-env “auto-boot?=true” -prom-env “vga-ndrv?=true” -hda 2GB.vmdk -cdrom “Mac OS X Server 1.2, MOSX_Booter.iso” -sdl -device usb-mouse -device adb-keyboard -boot d
OS X Server 1.2 MacOS 9 Create OS X Server partition
And then kick off the installer:
Windows On Qemu
Asus vivotab windows 10 drivers. Which really isn’t much to do, other than tagging the partition, and prepping the machine to reboot.
Install Windows 10 On Qemu
It’s OK
Qemu doesn’t emulate the NVRAM, so it’ll complete with this ‘non fatal’ ‘fatal error’
After that, boot into the OS X Server kernel, and continue the install:
qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -prom-env “boot-args=-v rd=sd0″ -drive file=2GB.vmdk,index=1,format=vmdk,media=disk -M g3beige -cpu g3 -drive file=”Mac OS X Server 1.2, MOSX_Booter.iso”,index=0,format=raw,media=cdrom -prom-env “boot-device=cd:9,:tbxi” -m 256 -net none
It will then format the disk, and copy over the base operating system. After that it’s time to shutdown, and reboot the VM. I couldn’t figure out a pure hard disk boot, but again using the CD-ROM, you can just tell it to pull the root from the hard disk.
qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -prom-env “boot-args=-v rd=hd0″ -drive file=2GB.vmdk,index=1,format=vmdk,media=disk -M g3beige -cpu g3 -drive file=”Mac OS X Server 1.2, MOSX_Booter.iso”,index=0,format=raw,media=cdrom -prom-env “boot-device=cd:9,:tbxi” -m 256 -net none
![Qemu Qemu](/uploads/1/1/7/7/117793515/893462182.png)
OS X Server 1.2 installing
![Install Install](/uploads/1/1/7/7/117793515/830017385.png)
And after this, it’ll want to reboot again. Launch it up and now we get the initial setup
And with that out of the way, we can logon!
And after a while, it’ll load up the desktop
OS X Server 1.2 Desktop
As mentioned above, the mouse is incredibly jittery. Doing anything graphical is very difficult. But here we are, running OS X/Rhapsody for the PowerPC!
Because the mouse is VERY jumpy at the moment, Im going to make some pre-configured disk images available because running the disk tool under OS 9 is a major pain. The first image has only been partitioned, while the second has completed the ‘text mode setup’, aka a minimal install.
And that’s it for now!
Windows 95 with Welcome screen.
Windows 95 is an operating system created by Microsoft, released in August 1995. Support ended on December 2001.
Running on CollabVM[edit]
The Windows 9x series has a slight problem running on CollabVM (and QEMU itself; more on that later) out of the box, and that is the mouse. The mouse will be off position from the host mouse. This is due to Windows 95 having no USB support. Windows 98 and Me do not work either despite the added USB support - this is because the QEMU mouse driver requires USB 1.1 and Windows 98/Me only supported 1.0 out of the box.
QEMU also has some problems running Windows 95 itself - it tends to be glitchy at times and sometimes BSODs or crashes, but this happens rarely and its not unusable. Also, Windows 95 may sometimes fail to boot under a memory allocation error but this usually goes away on the next restart. This usually happens more on Windows 95 RTM ('Gold') and less on 'OSR 2', so it is recommended to run OSR 2.
Also, due to the old age of Windows 95 (21 years), almost no modern programs will run on it. There is a program called KernelEx which allows for the installation of a couple modern programs
However, USB 1.1 drivers are known to exist for Windows 95B (as well as 98, 98 SE and Me). If you can find drivers for USB 1.1 then the mouse will function nicely.
Take a Screenshot of Your Entire Screen. Let’s start with those keyboard shortcuts. Screenshot the Entire Screen: Make sure your screen displays exactly what you want to show in. Press and release the space bar: The crosshair turns into a little camera icon, which you can move over any open window. Click on your desired window to take a screenshot of it.
First, let's look at the keyboard combinations you can use to capture the image on your screen. The keystrokes for screenshots are multiple keys that should be pressed together. When you do this, press and hold the first key, then the second, and so forth, and immediately release all keys after pressing the final one in the sequence. How to take a screenshot on a Mac hold down ⌘ command: and shift: and press # 3 = Your Mac captures the entire screen and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2020-10-10 at 08.45.00 AM.png”. How do I take a partial screenshot?
![How do you do a screenshot for mac](/uploads/1/1/7/7/117793515/253597484.jpg)
Run Qemu On Windows
Other than those issues Windows 95 works fine as a VM for CollabVM.
Starting up[edit]
QEMU[edit]
Install Mac Os On Qemu
Pre-installation[edit]
Make a qcow2 image (or a raw image if you want) by typing
700M can be replaced with however big you want the hard drive to be (with M standing for Megabytes). Windows 95 is not a space hog or resource intensive, being such an old OS - you can even make the disk space as low as 70MB (for a compact installation) but this is unrecommended. Win 95 RTM does not support hard drives more than 2 GB, and hard drives bigger than 2 GB tend to be slightly unstable under 95, so it is not recommended to make the disk size anymore than 2G.
When that's done, run the following command:
We do not enable KVM - Windows 95 does not work with it. We also don't use cpu host because we aren't using KVM (and we wouldn't want a modern CPU running under 95 anyway). This command does not require root or virtualization.
We set the memory to 64 but it can be as low as 4 MB, but this is really not recommended if you want your users to be running any programs. The highest Windows 95 can still boot on without a memory allocation error is ~400 MB.
Qemu Install Windows Xp
After installation[edit]
Install Windows 98 On Qemu Mac Installer
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