jbh001
May 15, 2007, 11:06 PM
You will need a valid Windows 98SE key for this to work.
This should come with your Windows 98SE install/upgrade CD.
1.0 If you have a Windows 98SE OEM install CD, it has printed right on it: For PCs without Windows. If your disk does not have this factory printed on it, or you can't get it to work, follow these instructions instead: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=59121#post59121
1.1a Insert your Window 98SE OEM CD into your Mac's CD drive, or
1.1b Make a disk image of your install CD (http://kb.parallels.com/entry/30/458/) to use instead if you wish.
2.1 Start Parallels.
2.2a Select New, or
2.2b From the menu bar select File | New...
3. Select Custom, then click Next.
4.1 Set OS Type to Windows
4.2 Set OS Version to Windows 98
4.3 Click Next
5. Set memory to 256MB, or whatever you wish, then click Next
6. Select Create a new hard disk image, then click Next
7.1 Set the virtual hard disk size to 2000MB, or whatever you wish. (Windows 95 can't do disks larger than 2GB. Windows 98 can technically handle up to 137GB. More than 6GB is probably overkill.)
7.2 Select either Expanding or Plain for the format of virtual hard disk, then click Next. (I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I prefer Plain.)
8. Select Shared networking, then click Next
9. Use the default name for your virtual machine or create your own name, then click Next
10.1 At the Insert Windows 98 installation CD...screen, click More Options
10.2 Uncheck the Start Windows 98 installation checkbox.
10.3a If you are using a physical CD, select Real CD/DVD, then click Finish
10.3b If you are using a disk image, select ISO image; click Choose...; navigate to the location of your disk image, select it, and then click Open; then click Finish
11.1 Click on Configuration to edit the VMs settings.
11.2 Select Options; click on the Booting tab; select CD-ROM, Hard Disk, Floppy; click OK.
12. Start the VM by clicking the green PLAY icon on the right-hand sight of the Parallels window.
12a. If you are using a disk image, you may be prompted to reselect the ISO image. Simply confirm your settings on that screen and then click Start
13.0.0 If the VM freezes at any point, or if you need to reboot/restart the VM:
13.0.1 Shift the keyboard/mouse focus back to OS X by pressing Ctrl+Alt,
13.0.2 Stop the VM by pressing the red STOP icon above the blue PAUSE icon on the right side of the VM window. If a dialog box comes up asking for confirmation, confirm that you want to stop the VM.
13.0.3 Restart the VM by clicking on the green PLAY icon.
13.1 Click inside the Parallels window to shift the keyboard and mouse inputs to the VM.
13.2 Select Boot from CD-ROM before the timer runs out.
13.3 Select Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM before the timer runs out.
13.4 At the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER as directed to continue.
13.5 At the next screen, select Configure unallocated disk space, then press ENTER
13.6 At the next screen, select Yes, enable large disk support, then press ENTER
13.7 At the next screen, press ENTER to restart the VM, as instructed.
13.8 Repeat steps 13.0.1, 13.0.2, and 13.0.3. Your virtual hard drive will then be formatted.
13.9a After formatting is complete, press ENTER as requested. Setup will then run ScanDisk to check the newly formatted virtual hard disk. When it finishes, it should dump you off at the "windowed" setup screen (as opposed to the text only screens you have had up to this point).
Note: Option to speed up the install process
13.9b.1 After formatting is complete, press ESC to abort setup.
13.9b.2 Stop the VM and then restart it, as described in step 13.0.
13.9b.3 Click inside the Parallels window to shift the keyboard and mouse inputs to the VM.
13.9b.4 Select Boot from CD-ROM before the timer runs out.
13.9b.5 Select Start computer with CD-ROM support before the timer runs out. This will give you a drive letter for the CD-ROM (most likely D:) and dump you off at a DOS prompt (A:\)
13.9b.6 At the DOS prompt, type the following to copy the install files to the hard drive, remembering to press ENTER after each line:
mkdir c:\win98
copy d:\win98\*.* c:\win98\*.*
c:
cd win98
setup
This will put you back at the beginning of step 13.9a, ready to run ScanDisk.
14.1 Follow the on-screen instructions, select whatever options you want, and begin the install. Setup will reboot the VM several times during the install. You may need to repeat step 13.0 at each of these reboots.
14.2.0 At the first reboot, before you restart the VM,
14.2.1 Click on Configuration to edit the VMs settings.
14.2.2 Select Options; click on the Booting tab; select Hard Disk, CD-ROM, Floppy; click OK; then restart the VM.
15.0 When you finally get to the Windows 98 desktop, install Parallels tools
15.1 From Apple's menu bar, navigate to Devices | CD/DVD-ROM | Connect Image...
15.2 Navigate to /Library/Parallels/Tools, select vmtools.iso and click Open. The tools should then install automatically
15.3 The sound drivers must be installed manually from C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools after Parallels Tools has been installed.
15.4 The video drivers might install automatically or need to be installed manually from the vmtools.iso image at D:\Drivers\Video\Win9x. You should then be able to adjust the screen resolution and color depth to something besides 640x480x16.
Note: Windows 98 freezes at shutdown with Parallels video driver installed. Rolling back the driver to "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)" fixes the shutdown issue but leaves you stuck at 640x480x16. Here is another work-around. (http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=68655#post68655)
Note: If Windows does not show that you have a CD-ROM installed, Stop the VM; click Configuration; click CD/DVD-ROM; under Device Options select both Enabled and Connect at startup; set Attachment Options to IDE 1:0; then click OK and restart the VM. This is detailed here: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=57691#post57691
16.0 Set up your connection to the internet.
16.1 Click on Internet Connection Wizard (there should be an icon for it on the desktop).
16.2 Select I want to set up my Internet connection manually... then click Next
16.3 Select I connect through a local area network (LAN), then click Next
16.4 Select Automatic discovery of proxy server, then click Next
16.5 Select To connect to the Internet immediately..., then click Finish. After a moment Internet Explorer will open and eventually find its way to msn.com
17.1 You need to install Internet Explorer 6 before Windows Update will work properly. You can download the IE 6 installer from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&DisplayLang=en
or go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx and click on Download Center.
17.2 After you have successfully installed Internet Explorer 6, you can use Windows Update to install all the patches to Windows 98, and other things like Windows Media Player 9, DirectX 9.0c, and .NET framework, if you wish.
17.3 You need to run Windows Update several times because after some components/patches are installed, additional patches become applicable/available/installable. Keep running Windows Update until it finds no more updates/patches to install.
18.0 Anytime you upgrade to a newer build of Parallels:
18.1 Install the Parallels update.
18.2 Reboot your Mac not just your VM. Some the the updated components require a reboot of your Mac to load/function properly.
18.3 Reinstall Parallels Tools so that all the updated features will take effect. Failing to do this before attempting to run your VM may cause network problems, corrupt your VM, or cause other undesirable effects. Backing up your VMs prior to upgrading isn't a bad idea either.
I hope this is helpful.
This should come with your Windows 98SE install/upgrade CD.
1.0 If you have a Windows 98SE OEM install CD, it has printed right on it: For PCs without Windows. If your disk does not have this factory printed on it, or you can't get it to work, follow these instructions instead: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=59121#post59121
1.1a Insert your Window 98SE OEM CD into your Mac's CD drive, or
1.1b Make a disk image of your install CD (http://kb.parallels.com/entry/30/458/) to use instead if you wish.
2.1 Start Parallels.
2.2a Select New, or
2.2b From the menu bar select File | New...
3. Select Custom, then click Next.
4.1 Set OS Type to Windows
4.2 Set OS Version to Windows 98
4.3 Click Next
5. Set memory to 256MB, or whatever you wish, then click Next
6. Select Create a new hard disk image, then click Next
7.1 Set the virtual hard disk size to 2000MB, or whatever you wish. (Windows 95 can't do disks larger than 2GB. Windows 98 can technically handle up to 137GB. More than 6GB is probably overkill.)
7.2 Select either Expanding or Plain for the format of virtual hard disk, then click Next. (I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I prefer Plain.)
8. Select Shared networking, then click Next
9. Use the default name for your virtual machine or create your own name, then click Next
10.1 At the Insert Windows 98 installation CD...screen, click More Options
10.2 Uncheck the Start Windows 98 installation checkbox.
10.3a If you are using a physical CD, select Real CD/DVD, then click Finish
10.3b If you are using a disk image, select ISO image; click Choose...; navigate to the location of your disk image, select it, and then click Open; then click Finish
11.1 Click on Configuration to edit the VMs settings.
11.2 Select Options; click on the Booting tab; select CD-ROM, Hard Disk, Floppy; click OK.
12. Start the VM by clicking the green PLAY icon on the right-hand sight of the Parallels window.
12a. If you are using a disk image, you may be prompted to reselect the ISO image. Simply confirm your settings on that screen and then click Start
13.0.0 If the VM freezes at any point, or if you need to reboot/restart the VM:
13.0.1 Shift the keyboard/mouse focus back to OS X by pressing Ctrl+Alt,
13.0.2 Stop the VM by pressing the red STOP icon above the blue PAUSE icon on the right side of the VM window. If a dialog box comes up asking for confirmation, confirm that you want to stop the VM.
13.0.3 Restart the VM by clicking on the green PLAY icon.
13.1 Click inside the Parallels window to shift the keyboard and mouse inputs to the VM.
13.2 Select Boot from CD-ROM before the timer runs out.
13.3 Select Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM before the timer runs out.
13.4 At the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER as directed to continue.
13.5 At the next screen, select Configure unallocated disk space, then press ENTER
13.6 At the next screen, select Yes, enable large disk support, then press ENTER
13.7 At the next screen, press ENTER to restart the VM, as instructed.
13.8 Repeat steps 13.0.1, 13.0.2, and 13.0.3. Your virtual hard drive will then be formatted.
13.9a After formatting is complete, press ENTER as requested. Setup will then run ScanDisk to check the newly formatted virtual hard disk. When it finishes, it should dump you off at the "windowed" setup screen (as opposed to the text only screens you have had up to this point).
Note: Option to speed up the install process
13.9b.1 After formatting is complete, press ESC to abort setup.
13.9b.2 Stop the VM and then restart it, as described in step 13.0.
13.9b.3 Click inside the Parallels window to shift the keyboard and mouse inputs to the VM.
13.9b.4 Select Boot from CD-ROM before the timer runs out.
13.9b.5 Select Start computer with CD-ROM support before the timer runs out. This will give you a drive letter for the CD-ROM (most likely D:) and dump you off at a DOS prompt (A:\)
13.9b.6 At the DOS prompt, type the following to copy the install files to the hard drive, remembering to press ENTER after each line:
mkdir c:\win98
copy d:\win98\*.* c:\win98\*.*
c:
cd win98
setup
This will put you back at the beginning of step 13.9a, ready to run ScanDisk.
14.1 Follow the on-screen instructions, select whatever options you want, and begin the install. Setup will reboot the VM several times during the install. You may need to repeat step 13.0 at each of these reboots.
14.2.0 At the first reboot, before you restart the VM,
14.2.1 Click on Configuration to edit the VMs settings.
14.2.2 Select Options; click on the Booting tab; select Hard Disk, CD-ROM, Floppy; click OK; then restart the VM.
15.0 When you finally get to the Windows 98 desktop, install Parallels tools
15.1 From Apple's menu bar, navigate to Devices | CD/DVD-ROM | Connect Image...
15.2 Navigate to /Library/Parallels/Tools, select vmtools.iso and click Open. The tools should then install automatically
15.3 The sound drivers must be installed manually from C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools after Parallels Tools has been installed.
15.4 The video drivers might install automatically or need to be installed manually from the vmtools.iso image at D:\Drivers\Video\Win9x. You should then be able to adjust the screen resolution and color depth to something besides 640x480x16.
Note: Windows 98 freezes at shutdown with Parallels video driver installed. Rolling back the driver to "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)" fixes the shutdown issue but leaves you stuck at 640x480x16. Here is another work-around. (http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=68655#post68655)
Note: If Windows does not show that you have a CD-ROM installed, Stop the VM; click Configuration; click CD/DVD-ROM; under Device Options select both Enabled and Connect at startup; set Attachment Options to IDE 1:0; then click OK and restart the VM. This is detailed here: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=57691#post57691
16.0 Set up your connection to the internet.
16.1 Click on Internet Connection Wizard (there should be an icon for it on the desktop).
16.2 Select I want to set up my Internet connection manually... then click Next
16.3 Select I connect through a local area network (LAN), then click Next
16.4 Select Automatic discovery of proxy server, then click Next
16.5 Select To connect to the Internet immediately..., then click Finish. After a moment Internet Explorer will open and eventually find its way to msn.com
17.1 You need to install Internet Explorer 6 before Windows Update will work properly. You can download the IE 6 installer from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&DisplayLang=en
or go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx and click on Download Center.
17.2 After you have successfully installed Internet Explorer 6, you can use Windows Update to install all the patches to Windows 98, and other things like Windows Media Player 9, DirectX 9.0c, and .NET framework, if you wish.
17.3 You need to run Windows Update several times because after some components/patches are installed, additional patches become applicable/available/installable. Keep running Windows Update until it finds no more updates/patches to install.
18.0 Anytime you upgrade to a newer build of Parallels:
18.1 Install the Parallels update.
18.2 Reboot your Mac not just your VM. Some the the updated components require a reboot of your Mac to load/function properly.
18.3 Reinstall Parallels Tools so that all the updated features will take effect. Failing to do this before attempting to run your VM may cause network problems, corrupt your VM, or cause other undesirable effects. Backing up your VMs prior to upgrading isn't a bad idea either.
I hope this is helpful.