How to install win98 on 64 bit system

Hi All,

I am still using win98 for some older aplication and some games. I just got a new pc with a 64 bit CPU . its a Athlon 64 3000 Mhz, 1 GB RAM, a X700 videocard on PCI - Express and a Creative audigy 2 soundcard.

I used to work with a dual boot (win98 and win xp) on my old system and that went all fine. Now I tried to install win98 on my new system but it always keeps hanging o the 'detect new hardware' part. I have to manually shut down the pc. After that the pc either hangs again on the 'detect new hardware' section or shows the win98 bootscreen and then reboots and again and again.

is it possible to install win98 on a 64 bit system or not ? Can anyone help ?

thanks for any suggestions

david

 

The one thing to remember is that Win98 is 16/32bit OS. With a 64bit proc it will through Win98 for a loop. Its trying to pass 16bit instructions to a 64bit processor. The only way I can think to get around it is use VMware.

 

Some of the new motherboards no longer support Win 98. Check the specifications of the motherboard at the manufacturer's website, although it should be in the manual. See if there are Win98 drivers offered at the website.

I have a dual boot of 98 and XP on a m/b with an 64 bit CPU, no problems (standard PCI though).

I do wonder about Win98 not being able to address 1Gb of RAM, it is only really supposed to support 512Mb. Whether that would halt setup I am not sure. I limit Win98 systems to 512Mb, although there is a hack to get it to address larger amounts (you may be able to apply the hack in Safe Mode if you can get into Safe Mode).

Matt