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[GH-ISSUE #49] How to install in a VM? #45
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Originally created by @deusnovus on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall/issues/49
Hello, I am really sorry if I misunderstood the purpose of the project, but I am trying to install win98-quickinstall on GNOME Boxes, and while having the .img file mounted (
win98qi_v0.9.6_ALL_usb.img) with the configuration seen below:But when trying to install
quickinstall, the installer wants to install in the bootable while refusing to format the virtual storage... what am I doing wrong? Any advice would be welcome, thank you!https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9e813a20-b1c7-47b3-a1aa-8e3acf79a3bb
@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):
Did you add a virtual hard drive and partition it using CFDISK?
@deusnovus commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):
Right, as shown above, I created a virtual drive with 10GB, mounted the
win98qi_v0.9.6_ALL_usb.imgimage, launched the VM, but won't let me partition or install anything (as shown in the video).@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):
No, you added the quickinstall image as a hard drive, which is wrong - add
the ISO version of quickinstall as a CD ROM drive and boot from that, then
it will let you use the virtual hard disk
On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 19:47 deusnovus @.***> wrote:
@deusnovus commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):
Unless I'm missing something here, I have the image as CD/ROM:
And booting from either the hard disk or the CD-ROM yields the same problem. Could it be a GNOME Boxes quirk?
@deusnovus commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):
Hmmm strange, I deleted the old VM, remade another one with 10GB, launched via .img and the storage now became 1.2GB large:
@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):
No, you're USING THE USB IMAGE. Use the ISO file...
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 at 20:14, deusnovus @.***> wrote:
@deusnovus commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2025):
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know the difference between
.imgand.iso., thank you so much for your help.@oerg866 commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2025):
Fantastic! Good to hear
On Sat, Jul 19, 2025, 07:51 deusnovus @.***> wrote: