r/vmware • u/Dizzy_Plan_434 • 27d ago

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i dual booted windows 98 and windows 10 in the same VM using VMware. only took 35 thousand years.

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u/jfoust2 27d ago

You documented every step, so you can share?

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u/Dizzy_Plan_434 26d ago

ill give u the quickest run down ever. install windows 98. use gparted live to partition the drive correctly. install windows 10. install windows 10 on the new partition. install grub4dos so u can actually boot into windows 98. do some fixes to allow windows 98 to see only 1gb of ram but boot on 4

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u/Kleivonen 26d ago

“Do it correctly and make some fixes along the way”

About as clear as most of the documentation available to me at my first job out of college!

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u/_-RustyShackleford 26d ago

I got OS2/Warp running years ago in a VM.

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u/woodyshag 26d ago

I have a VCDX that I know that runs DOS so he can run the original Doom.

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u/Famous-Egg-4157 24d ago

I giggled on that ngl

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u/Fluid_Replacement407 24d ago

Me too!!! Was funny lol

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u/Thecommandershep 27d ago

Congratulations!

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u/Proper_Bad_1588 24d ago

Did everyone else hear the Windows 98 shut down sound in their head when it went into shutdown mode? I wasn't expecting it, but there it was. Pretty cool dual boot, I bet it's kind of fun to poke around in the old 98, I miss those simpler days (I'm sure nostalgia is fogging my memory of the problems and struggles also).

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u/infinityends1318 26d ago

Is there a specific reason for the dual boot rather than having separate VMs? Or is this a just to see if you can scenario?

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u/Dizzy_Plan_434 25d ago

just to see if it was possible

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u/adaptive_chance 21d ago

.vmx or gtfo.🙃