Windows 2000/98SE hang on boot.

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Windows 2000/98SE hang on boot.

Exabits1 opened this issue 3 years ago · 6 comments

I want to experiment running some old games using v86.

First I tried using Windows98 Second Edition. I Created an img of the system using qemu and got it to run properly. But when I try using the disk image in v86 It hangs. I've identified it as #250. I don't think there's a solution to this one so I tried windows 2000. Made an img of it in qemu and similarly, it starts to boot then just stops for apparently no reason.

Any help is appreciated

Answer 1 · 2021-11-12T07:20:49.000Z

I've not tested Windows 2000, but Windows 98SE (RUS) (with VBE video driver) is working fine for me.

Answer 2 · 2021-11-13T04:33:37.000Z

I also have the VBE driver. Do you think it's the language of windows 98 that could cause the issue? I'm using the English version.

Answer 3 · 2021-11-13T22:12:06.000Z

Anything in the browser console? Can you check that the computer type is "Standard PC" in device manager?

Answer 4 · 2021-11-14T06:57:49.000Z

Windows 98SE: I don't see anything that relates to the PC in the device manager and nothing in the console
Windows 2000: Under computer it says ACPI Uniprocessor PC and it says "Uncaught InternalError: too much recursion" in the console

Answer 5 · 2021-11-20T18:04:34.000Z

I don't know what's going on in the 98 image.

In the 2000 image you'll need to change the PC type to "Standard PC".

Answer 6 · 2022-01-06T12:00:27.000Z

I have the same issue.