"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

I have an ISO of win98se and can't get that vitual pc 2007 to boot it.

VMMs (Virtual Machine Managers) don't boot .iso files.

Yes it will
If you know how
To set it up

It reads:

Floppy Images [
*.img, *.ima, *.dsk, *.vfd ]

CD Images [
*.iso ] too!

You also don't
say if the ISO is for the setup config of files (i.e., bootable disc
with setup.exe) for Windows 98 or if it is a copy of an already
installed instance of Windows 98 (but the disc must be made bootable
since you won't be reading the boot sector and boot loader code from the
HDD when booting from the disc), and whether either ISO is an unfettered
full version or an upgrade version (neither have been installed anywhere
else).

That's True

I play with the bios and it just won't boot from a virtual cdrom.

Requires that the disc in the optical drive be bootable. .iso files do
not make a disc bootable. Depending on what the ISO actually contains,
you will have to burn it *contents* to a disc. But first what the ISO
contains is a needed detail.

Virtual pc 2007 Read ISO
As if it was a Newly Burn
Bootable OS Disc
On D:\


When you insert a bootable disc i.e., you will have to hit the trigger key
in the blind.

Or a floppy either for that matter.

That must be a bootable diskette, too, not just containing data files.
That device would have to be listed first in the BIOS boot order
sequence (before the optical and hard drives).


A:\OS Start Computer Memory
Go for Virtual Disk too
You Have to have

A OS need to be install
on a Computer

A:\Fdisk

You Have to make C:\ with No OS

Restart
A:\OS Start Computer Memory

A:\Format C:/s



CD Rom Drive
Running
On D:\
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Does anyone know how to deal with this thing or suggest another
virtual machine ?

You haven't identified what is the contents of the ISO "thing".

Virtual box I can't get to work because it says something about COM.

Is "it" Virtualbox issuing the error? Or is the Windows 98 installer
issuing the error?

In The Help File

Virtual PC
With Microsoft® Virtual PC 2007,
you can create and run one or
more virtual machines,
each with its own operating system,
on a single computer.

This provides you with the flexibility to
use different operating systems on one physical computer.
For more information about
the ways you can use virtual machines,


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...PC%202007 &p=

For more information about using Virtual PC,
we recommend:

Before using Virtual PC,
see Checklist: Deploying Virtual PC.


For tips about using Virtual PC,
see Best Practices for Virtual PC.


For step-by-step instructions for specific tasks,
see How To Help for Virtual PC.


For general background information about Virtual PC,
see Concepts About Virtual PC.


For solutions to problems you might encounter,
see Troubleshooting Virtual PC.


For more information about Virtual PC,
see Resources for Virtual PC.


For information about obtaining technical support for Virtual PC,
see Technical Support Options for Virtual PC.


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All rights reserved.





And an error.

Oh, a secret error. Can't help with those.




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