Adding Features To VirtualBox By Installing Guest Additions
- Windows 98 Iso
- Virtualbox Guest Additions Win98
- Virtualbox Additions Windows 98 Cd Drivers
- Virtualbox Additions Windows 98 Cd Download
I did a video on how to add VirtualBox Guest Additions because I knew from personal experience that the tutorials I found for this online always seemed to lack something in the step-by-step; such as WHERE to find the actual Guest Additions software!
So after finally deciding that I could be more effective if I used Oracle VirtualBox more, I determined that the reason I did NOT use it more was primarily the hassle of not being able to copy and paste from my host Windows 7 system to the guest Windows XP VirtualBox.
- Of the CD, call: genisoimage -o cd.iso cddir hence, I can just put the files I want to get into Win 98 in a directory and use genisoimage to make an iso file of the directory then put the iso in VirtualBox’s virtual CD drive using the ‘Devices’ menu (usually at the top of the VM).
- Jan 09, 2019 Windows 98 On Virtualbox 4.1. Introduction As mentioned in, the Guest Additions are designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. They consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability.
Adding Guest Additions to VirtualBox virtual machines (you have to add it to each one you have configured) gives you that copy and paste functionality.
Moved the Intel gigabit Ethernet driver to the optional drivers section. Added Realtek AC97 audio drivers to the optional drivers section. It was a host problem corrupting the audio on one of my Linux boxes, apparently VirtualBox doesn't like dual audio output on the host, so on my home theatre box where I was sending Audio to both the HDMI (TV) and analogue (headphones) outputs screwed it.
Another helpful improvement from adding Guest Additions to VirtualBox is the seemless mouse travel. Without Guest Additions you have to “click into” the VM and then press a hot-key, like the right control key, to get out.
Where To Find The Guest Additions Software
It turns out that the Guest Additions software comes in the form of a CD ISO file that is installed on your computer when you install VirtualBox – who’da thunk? In all of my digging (some months ago, it may have changed by now) that information seemed to be “assumed” and never spelled out.
The file is VBoxGuestAdditions.iso and, on my Windows 7 64 bit PC, was in the directory C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox
The procedure for how to add Virtual Box Guest Additions I have outlined below:
- Open Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager
- Select the VM that you want to add Guest Additions to
- Click on the “Settings” “Gear Wheel” in the menu bar
- Click on the “Storage” section in the left pane (see screenshot 1 below)
- Select the CD/DVD drive (if not present, the video shows how to add) (see screenshot 2)
- “Load” the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file in the virtual CD drive (see screenshot 3)
- Confirm that ISO is loaded and click “Ok” (see screenshot 4)
- Start Virtual Machine
- Open “My Computer” and find the Guest Additions “CD” in the D: drive
- Double click CD drive which should AutoRun the Guest Additions (see screenshot 5)
- Shutdown VirtualBox machine
- Edit settings again, in “Storage”, and remove the ISO “disk” from virtual CD drive (see screenshot 6)
- Check for the settings you want in “General” section, “Advanced” tab
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and in the following video for those of you who prefer that:
How To Add VirtualBox Guest Additions video on YouTube
Here are the screenshots referenced above for how to add VirtualBox Guest Additions
Windows 98 Iso
To get stuff into a Win98 virtual machine running in VirtualBox on a Linux host, VirtualBox shared folders are (as I understand it) not an option because there are no ‘Guest Additions’ for Win98. But there are various tricks to try. Using network connectivity is one way. One of the simplest is to use genisoimage. At a command prompt on a Linux host, typing
gives
To create a vanilla ISO9660 filesystem image in the file cd.iso,
where the directory cd_dir will become the root directory
of the CD, call:
where the directory cd_dir will become the root directory
of the CD, call:
genisoimage -o cd.iso cd_dir
hence, I can just put the files I want to get into Win 98 in a directory and use genisoimage to make an iso file of the directory then put the iso in VirtualBox’s virtual CD drive using the ‘Devices’ menu (usually at the top of the VM).
However, it is no good for getting stuff out again, since the iso is read-only.
How about allowing the VM to access a USB stick? I started by finding ‘nusb36e.exe’ or similar on some trustworthy website, and installed it on the Win98 guest (ah, but how did I get the file into it? Well, I could have browsed the web from inside the VM, but I just used the genisoimage trick noted above), noting the instructions about removing previously defined USB devices (and other unidentified devices) first, by opening Device Manager in Win98 (note I am using Win98 SE. If using First Edition, the USB driver install is a little different). Also, on rebooting I did not let Windows try to install/find any new devices; I just cancelled any dialogues it popped up.
When I rebooted lots of ‘ghost’ drives seemed to appear in Windows Explorer, but when I put a USB stick into the host and made sure it was activated in the ‘Devices’ -> ‘USB Devices’ menu on the top of the VM window, I could indeed see the USB stick inside the VM.
Virtualbox Guest Additions Win98
I could indeed copy files to it. Then, if I ejected it from the Win 98 box (left click on green USB eject arrow on bottom right of Win 98 screen and eject the relevant drive), and then deselected it from the VirtualBox ‘Devices’ menu, I could mount it on my Linux desktop and see the files I had copied out of the Win 98 VM.
Virtualbox Additions Windows 98 Cd Drivers
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Virtualbox Additions Windows 98 Cd Download
Hence, to get files in and out of a Win 98 VM, you can go via a the network or via a USB stick.