Unofficial updates, such as Service Pack 3 , are often bundled in "full" images to provide better USB and FAT32 support. Multimedia and Gaming
: If the image looks "choppy" or is stuck in 16 colors, ensure your emulator is set to use video, and check if the image has the Universal VBE Video Display Driver installed. : Windows 98 typically expects an (SoundBlaster 16) or (Ensoniq AudioPCI) hardware definition. : If you are using QEMU, use the -cpu pentium3 windows 98 qcow2 full
Without a "rain" or "amidle" utility, Windows 98 will consume 100% of your host's CPU core because it doesn't support the HLT instruction natively. How to Convert an Existing Image If you find a "full" image in a different format (like from VMware or from VirtualBox), you can easily convert it to QCOW2 using Unofficial updates, such as Service Pack 3 ,
qemu-img amend -o l2-cache-size=2M win98.qcow2 : If you are using QEMU, use the