I use a login name and networking name of client9260, without a password.Internet Explorer, VPN, and the networking modules are required, so I leave those alone. (All installation (including disk formatting) occurs completely within the virtual hard drive, so it does not affect the host Linux operating system.) I do a custom install and don't include all the "extra" programs (Imaging, Paint, Online Services, etc.) to save space. Place the Win98SE setup disk in the CD-ROM drive and start the virtual machine.Install Windows 98SE in the virtual machine (This worked out for me because I later placed the virtual machine on a 4 Gb USB flash drive.) The decision on how much RAM to use has to be made in the beginning, though, because once Windows 98 is installed, it doesn't like to have the virtual machine memory changed (unlike later versions of Windows, which can adapt). After frequent usage, I ended up giving the virtual machine 1536 Mb RAM (my laptop has 3 Gb pre-installed, so this represented 50% of the RAM) and used a 2 Gb virtual hard drive.With only 1024 Mb RAM, Windows startup is quite slow, but the CPRS clients run fine (since they are very efficient).It depends on how much RAM is allocated - the more RAM is available, the less virtual memory is needed. Nevertheless, a 1 Gb virtual hard disk may be sufficient. However, this allows some swap space for the Windows 98 virtual memory manager (Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Performance -> Virtual Memory). In retrospect, I note that my entire virtual machine (once all the Windows updates and modules are installed) only requires (less than) 400 Mb, so 2 Gb may be overkill. I give the virtual machine 1024 RAM and 2 Gb virtual hard drive space.Start VirtualBox and create a Windows98 virtual machine.I happen to use Kubuntu, so I use the QT addition: sudo apt-get install sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-qt In my (K)Ubuntu system, I used sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-source virtualbox-guest-additions With a few tweaks, however, Windows 98 can be made to run in a VirtualBox virtual machine suitably enough to run CPRS. The guest additions don't work well (if at all), and there are no intrinsic device drivers in VirtualBox to support the antique Windows 98 drivers. VirtualBox doesn't really like Windows 98. 5.2 Copy the virtual hard disk from the USB flash drive to a new computer.5.1 Run a virtual machine using the virtual hard disk on the USB drive.5 Copy the virtual machine to a USB flash drive.4 Create a Linux shortcut to start the virtual machine automatically.1.1 Install Windows 98SE in the virtual machine.
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