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Installing Windows

The process of installing is typical for all OSes. You can use this instruction not only for Windows. Installing process includes:

  1. Fork drive

  2. Setup configuration of DOSBox

  3. Create js-dos bundle

  4. Get installation CD and bootable diskette or bootable CD

  5. Upload this images to FS

  6. Boot from CD or diskette

  7. Install OS

Here is a tutorial video with a Windows 95 installation process.

Tune your installation

Seamless mouse integration (windows 9x)

  1. Download binary drivers

  2. Mount install.dsk from doslib\windrv\dosboxpi\bin as A: drive

    imgmount a: install.dsk
  3. Boot your Windows 98 image

  4. Open Control Panel -> Add New Hardware -> Mouse -> Have Disk

  5. In the file selector, please select folder related to your Windows version, e.g., win98.

  6. Install DOSBox-X Mouse Pointer Integration

  7. Open Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager

  8. Select Standard PS/2 Port Mouse and press Properties

  9. Check Disable in this hardware profile

  10. Reboot

Install 3Dfx driver (windows 9x)

  1. Download 3.01 Driver

  2. Extract it somewhere

  3. Upload this folder to js-dos before windows boot

  4. Mount FS as drive D:

    mount d: .
  5. Boot Windows 98

  6. Open Device Manager Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System

  7. Locate the existing reference to the card it will be listed as:

    Reference Card: Other Devices / PCI Multimedia Device or Sound, Video, Game Controllers / Voodoo2 3Dfx Voodoo
  8. Double-Click on the card, then click the driver Tab.

  9. Click Update Driver then click the Next Button twice on the Detection Dialog Box. Ensure that Specify a Location is checked and Microsoft Windows Update is not checked. Click Browse to continue.

  10. Select drive D:

  11. If windows asks please select Install one of the other drivers. Press Next.

  12. Windows will copy the drivers. Overwrite all files if windows asks.

  13. Reboot the system when prompted.

DirectX (windows 9x)

  1. Download DirectX 6, DirectX 7, DirectX 8 or DirectX 9.0c, extract it to some folder.

  2. Extract it somewhere

  3. Upload this folder to js-dos before Windows boot

  4. Mount FS as drive D:

    mount d: .

When windows started run the D:\Setup.exe.

Windows Installer 2.0 (windows 9x)

Download Windows Installer 2.0 and follow same steps as for DirectX 9.0

Last modified: 13 октября 2024