You will see the black screen and messages indicating the process of booting to MS DOS. Click OK to save the virtual machine configuration.Specify the floppy disc image in the Source menu.Make sure the Connected option is selected.In the Floppy Disk pane, do the following: Below the Boot Order item, select Floppy Disk to open the virtual floppy disk drive settings.In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware > Boot Order, and configure the floppy disk to be the first boot device.Select the Customize settings before installation option in the Name and Location window. Create a Windows 98 virtual machine using New Virtual Machine Assistant.Prepare a Virtual Machine for Windows 95/98 Installation The installation of Windows 95 is similar to that. If you have a bootable CD with Windows 98 installation, you can use it as is or create an ISO image of it.īelow we describe how to install Windows 98, the case when you have a startup floppy image and a CD with the installation files. Such an image can be created using third-party tools. Since modern Macs have no floppy drives, you will need an external USB floppy drive or an image of a bootable floppy disk. The floppy is used to perform disk partitioning and formatting by means of MS-DOS.

All Windows 95 and some of Windows 98 installation packages include a bootable floppy (a startup floppy disk).

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