Use Notepad to create a new file at \_ISO\MAINMENU\InstWin98SE.mnu with the following contents (change the filenames in bold type to match your filenames): IMG file to the \_ISO\MAINMENU\Win98 folder (you will need to make a Win98 folder on the E2B USB drive)
This completes the USB drive preparation if your Win98SE ISO was bootable.Ĭopy the reduced-size Win98SE ISO and the.
Title Win98SE Install (ISO)\n Choose 2 Boot from CD-ROM then 3 without CD-ROM option 2\n Run FDISK to partition the HDD\n Then reboot and run Format.\n Change to drive B: and type Setup to install Win98 txt file of the same name as the Win98SE ISO containing the menu entry that you want to appear in the E2B Main menu instead of just the name of the ISODOS01 file - e.g.: Simply copy the reduced-size ISO (approx 180MB) to the E2B USB drive \_ISO\MAINMENU folder and rename the file to have the. If the ISO does contain a bootable 1.44Mb floppy image as, you only need the ISO file and you do not need a separate. If the ISO is not bootable (check with 7Zip - Open Archive, look for a folder containing a Bootable_1.44M.img file) then you will need to find and download an MS-DOS floppy disk image. If you like, you can try the ISO without editing it first, but it may fail to load or install properly.Ĥ. The reason that we need to delete the other folders is that the E2B copy process will fail if there are too many files.Īlso, we don't need these folders to install Windows 98. (optional) Edit the Windows 98 SE ISO file that you have obtained and leave only the files in the root (top level) and the \win98 folder. Check that you can boot the E2B USB drive on your target system - if not then you cannot proceed any further!ģ. Oracle Virtual Box), ensure you configure it for Windows 98, use a small amount of memory for Display VGA memory and not more than 1GB of system memory (RAM). If you wish to try this by using a Virtual Machine (e.g.
img image file (you will have to obtain this yourself) - only required if the Win98 ISO is not bootable.
Daemon Tools Pro or UltraISO (so you don't lose the boot sectors from the ISO). You will need a utility to delete some folders from inside the Win98SE ISO - e.g.Your target system will need 256MB or more of memory (the ISO contents are copied to RAM) - however, systems with more than 1GB may also cause memory problems.