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Enhancing Video in a Windows 98 Guest Operating System Running Off a Dual-Boot Raw Disk

If you want to enable video in a virtual machine that is running a Windows 98 guest operating system, you must install a SVGA video driver using VMware GSX Server.

To install the VMware SVGA video driver:

  1. Boot Windows 98 natively (not in a virtual machine).
  2. Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, then select Properties.
  3. Click the Hardware Profiles tab.
  4. Highlight the Original Configuration profile, then click Copy.
  5. Name the profile Virtual Machine,then click OK.
  6. Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box.
  7. Shut down Windows 98 and reboot the system.
  8. Boot into your host operating system.
  9. Select Virtual Machine from the list of profiles when prompted.
  10. Windows 98 auto-detects the virtual machine's devices and installs their drivers.
  11. When it detects the video card driver, select Search for the best driver.
  12. When prompted to reboot, click No. The AMD PCNET driver is installed, followed by the IDE controller drivers.
  13. When prompted to reboot, click Yes.
  14. Select the Virtual Machine hardware profile.
  15. After Windows 98 has completed booting, start the Add New Hardware wizard from the Control Panel.
  16. Click Next, then Next again.
  17. Select No, the device isn't in the list.
  18. Click Yes, then click Next.
  19. After all devices have been detected, click the Details button to list the detected non-Plug and Play devices.
  20. Click Finish, then reboot the virtual machine when prompted.
  21. Select the VMware GSX Server configuration profile. Notice that an unknown monitor is detected and installed.
  22. Install VMware Tools.
  23. At the end of the tools installation, the Display Properties dialog box appears.
  24. Click the Advanced button, then click the Adapter tab.
  25. Click the Change button. The Update Device Driver Wizard starts.
  26. Click Next.
  27. Select the Display a list of all drivers ... option, then click Next.
  28. Click the Have Disk button.
  29. Type C:\WINDOWS\TEMP in the Copy manufacturer's files from field, then click OK.
  30. Click OK to select the VMware SVGA device, then click Next.
  31. If you are prompted with an Update Driver Warning, click Yes, then click Next.
  32. Click Finish, then click Apply.
  33. Click Close, then reboot when prompted.
  34. After booting is completed, open the Device Manager. It should show that you have:
  35. Shut down the Windows 98 virtual machine and your host operating system.
  36. Boot natively into Windows 98, then start the Device Manager.
  37. Select the VMware SVGA device if listed, then click Remove.
  38. Select the Remove from Specific Configuration option, then select Original Configuration from the configuration list.
  39. Click OK, then reboot Windows 98 when prompted.
  40. Boot into Windows 98 natively and verify the display settings. You should be able to use the display driver that you installed natively before starting this procedure.

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