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Off topic: Run Windows 98 on the Xbox!

Posted Apr 6, 2005 at 4:39AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: How-To, Off Topic Tags: psp tips and tricks, windows 98

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This has nothing to do with PSP so why is it posted here? Well that?s because I?m the one that have made this discovery. There are other ways to get Windows 98 working on Xbox but they use Bochs to get Windows working. This tutorial uses Qemu which is many times faster than Bochs. This makes it fast enough to be useable.

Qemu isn?t new so why hasn?t anyone run Windows this way before?
Because before Xdsl was ported, all available Linux distributions where big memory hungry things that could barely run them self.

How fast is it then?
I used to have a 233 MHz computer with 32 MB RAM. This runs a little slower than that but not much.

Why would I want to run Windows on my Xbox?
Because you can!

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I have a few questions about all the Windows setup. First off, I get the start.bat to run and run the load up of 98 on the computer first, but after I put the serial number it it goes thru but say something about noticing upgrade and ask me to find a file. Does anyone know what that is or have had that problem?

# Guest 2005-04-05 21:33

Link in Step 5 is broken, could you tell us what is actually in the kit, or maybe find a more reliable mirror for it, pls?

# Guest 2005-04-05 22:03

Choosing "start kit" it create 1gb of img
choosing "non bootable" it create 500mb of img

I Did Fdisk to create a partition
then I format C:

But qemu freeze after i give "Setup" command from virtual CDROM...

Please, give us a better tutorial...

# Guest 2005-04-05 22:59

Gonna try it in a few mins...

# Guest 2005-04-05 23:12

on step 6 i press enter the second question came up (setting up 98lite)i had to press enter again to enter an exact path so i pressed R it said invalid so i am still stuck as before i need some help on this again plz..

# Guest 2005-04-05 23:30

I have got the issue with getting Windows protections fault and then I am unable to choose anything other than Safe Mode and then 98lite crashes back to Bash. Gonna try renaming win.com and hope it works

# Guest 2005-04-05 23:37

so how can you type in Qemu on the Xbox? Can seem to use the xvkbd virtual keyboard.

# Guest 2005-04-05 23:52

The file in step 5 is now up again. Thanks to Ry for hosting it.

Sorry for the trouble this mite have caused.

# Guest 2005-04-06 01:14

Sorry everyone for not helping out much. Anyway I put up a support forum now, located here. So post all your questions over there and I will try to answer them

Also you with the "Windows Protection Error" fix I would like it if you became moderator of the forum.

# Guest 2005-04-06 02:04

hello i m french and i tested this release and i have a problem t number 7
when the button F1 i dont see a window
thanks for help...
bye

# Guest 2005-04-06 02:41

Hi, I finished the install, but sometimes when I use Start.bat to boot it up, it shows an error message "Windows Protection Error. You need to restart the computer". I close the program and open it again, then it ask me to startup in normal mode, safe mode, etc. I chose normal mode and it boots up fine. Why am I sometimes getting that error message?

# Guest 2005-04-06 03:33

Well, I have to say this is f***'n awesome! Kudos man, I can't wait to try this~! ^_^

I just have to wait for that file of yours to be availible again...

Peace! (and congrats!)

-Ry : )

# Guest 2005-04-06 03:51

problem at step 6 can not get through still

# Guest 2005-04-06 04:30

Its a big accomplishment to get Windows 98 running on the Xbox through a free emulator. Congrats.

btw, does anyone know the default root password for x-dsl?

# Guest 2005-04-06 05:01

Wow.. This is very interesting. So now I am able to have a full Windows 98 PC right from my Xbox. makes surfing on the couch a whole lot more enjoyable :)

PS2 Mod Chip

# Guest 2005-04-06 05:36

Po screenach windozy widze ze admin PSPHacher jest Polakiem!? :) Czesc rodaku. Przez dlugi czas odwiedzam ta strone i nawet mi do glowy nie przyszlo. Moze by tak stronke zrobic w dwoch jezykach - english (jak do tej pory) i polskim. Pozdrawiam.

# Guest 2005-04-06 05:54

What a great idea! Windows 98 on Xbox, i love it!

Could you help me out though, i dont have a modded xbox. Could you tell me in what way i need to mod it?

Thnx

# Guest 2005-04-06 06:09

well done! Ill have to buy a cd off ebay and try this. This is why i back XDSL and no other distro :)

# Guest 2005-04-06 06:20

Sorry Przemas IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not from Poland. I just happened to have the Polish version of Win98. I am actually from southern Sweden. Not so far from Poland.

To the frenchguy:
Your right F1 doesn't work it should be shift+F5. Don't know where I got F1 from. If that doesn't work try "Start kit (nonbootable).bat" instread as you don't need to press any botten using that.

# Guest 2005-04-06 06:25

Rad.

# Guest 2005-04-06 09:21

after the second reboot during the installation process I got the blue screen crash!! why??? I used win 98 se

# Guest 2005-04-06 09:28

Can someone ************PLE ASE*********** post the starter file. The you send it link is expired!

Thanks!!

# Guest 2005-04-06 09:29

I would love more detailed instructions so I know I am not doing anything wrong

# Guest 2005-04-06 10:02

Pc first then move the qemu folder, win98.img and win98.sh to ur xbox

# Guest 2005-04-06 11:26

the file from step 5 is DOWN !!!
Please re-upp!!
I need it ;)

# Guest 2005-04-06 11:32

mwahahahahahaha ha

# Guest 2005-04-06 11:55

Gravy :) I did everything by the book using second edition and i get fatal error in the emulator on the pc and the xbox when i try to boot or if i get the desktop i cant shut it down thanks chaps.

# Guest 2005-04-06 11:56

how about a Linux image file for a 512mb usb key,this would be of more use :)

# Guest 2005-04-06 11:57

cool nice work there, ive been waiting for windows to come to the xbox for a while now, and now its possible :), cant wait for xbox 2 to come out windows should run a dream on that once its been cracked :)

cheers again

# Guest 2005-04-06 12:26

can you use windows 2000 instead? or is it way to slow?

# Guest 2005-04-06 12:48

does anyone know yet if qemu uses xdsl's swapfile yet?

# Guest 2005-04-06 12:56

need help how to install the virtual keyboard on the xbox for the windows 98

# Guest 2005-04-06 13:08

sorry on the post M.E i am getting through now i change the iso image i had thx though

# Guest 2005-04-06 13:35

I didn't happen to have a Conventional windows 98 se/reg cd so i used a msdn Development Platform cd from microsoft that i got for free. It worked. Legal and free:)

# Guest 2005-04-06 13:51

Ahem......... WHY OH WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RUN WINDOWS 98 on an XBOX or anything else for that matter ??? Talk about irrelevant?

# Guest 2005-04-06 13:52

Crap won't work. Any version of 98 I try (I have several discs, FE and SE) just constantly bluescreens during the setup portion of the installation.

How the hell did the author get this to work??

# Guest 2005-04-06 14:06

can u tell me how to install windows 98 drivers on the xbox since itdoes not recognize the cdrom drive at all

# Guest 2005-04-06 14:24

Hey, i have a problem here, I'm on step 6 and when when i hit 1 for "Windows 95 Explorer" it says that i need to put in the windows 95 cd... which is not possible. someone help plz

# Guest 2005-04-06 15:06

stardog i like the new tuturial but from the step 5 is confusing i typed the (98lite.exe)but when the nex pic came up u said to press enter at first question what in the world is that now am stuck there exlain properly what you have to do at step 6 please i am not good at dos too so be helpfull thank you

# Guest 2005-04-06 15:10

ut oh ut oh go me... im installing windows now... 38 minutes to go lol... and yeah why wouldnt you wanna run windows... for the price of an xbox... 100 maybe less... it makes a damn good computer... get a keyboard and mouse and your set...!!! xdsl owns youy mother!

# Guest 2005-04-06 15:39

If you own an XBOX / USB keyboard, don't forget to type:

CTRL-ALT-F

or CTRL-SHIFT-F

(depends on the version of QEMU)

to go into "FULL SCREEN MODE"

while running Windows 98

# Guest 2005-04-06 15:58

Gudday Folks, N8 from Oz here. I am completely new to linux and have some reading to do, but I am dyin to try dis! I downloaded the xdsl 0.3 but there is no xdsl.iso! Where can i get one please?
I know you've probably tried to make this tutorial as simple as possible, but may-b on the horizon a version 4 dummies?!
Then I can convince my m8z it ain't that scary to do.

# Guest 2005-04-06 16:29

i like the new tutorial but from the step 6 is confusing i typed the (98lite.exe)but when the nex pic came up u said to press enter at first question what in the world is that now am stuck there exlain properly what you have to do at step 6 please i am not good at dos too so be helpful thank you

# Guest 2005-04-06 16:38

how come when i choose nonbootable it makes 500 meg img....but if i do bootable it makes 1 gig but has fatal crash every time on 1gig when i set time

# Guest 2005-04-06 16:42

It's bad enough Windows crashes on my PC. Now I can have it crash on my XBOX too?!

# Guest 2005-04-06 18:10

I don't get qemu. Where can I get this? Do I install it on my xbox or pc? Thanks

# Guest 2005-04-06 18:24

that was awesome! I did one more thing which seemed to help a little...I pressed ctrl+alt+backsp ace to crash x-windows. After that, I typed "rm .xinitrc" at the command prompt. Then, "xinit". This starts up x-windows and an xterminal, which should free up some more memory to work with for qemu.

# Guest 2005-04-06 19:36

Hey guys, I found the tutorial hard to follow too, but this is how I did mines, instead of using the SE version, I used the original Win 98,then follow the install setup like how the tutorial saids, then the installation should begin and it should ask you for a product code (make sure you have that), after everything is done, Windows will try to boot up, you should get an a message that says "Windows Protection Error", close down the program and reopen it, then the screen will ask you to choose normal mode, safe mode, etc. Choose normal and windows should boot up. Now here, you got two choices, this first way is being able to use ur cd drive, go to C: and open the windows folder, find Win.com and rename it, make sure you end the file name with .com, for example winmu.com, go to start and restart the program,then the DOS message will claim that it cannot detect the WIN.com file, type in the name you rename the original file with and it should boot up windows with no problem. The second way won't allow you to use your cd drive, do everything like the first way, but instead of opening windows,go to start, run, and type msconfig, hit enter and a system configuration screen should pop up, go to advanced and check mark "Force Compatiability Mode Disk Access" hit ok, then restart, now windows should boot everytime, but you wont be able to use the cd drive with this way, now you move the qemu folder, win98.sh, win98.img to the E: on the xbox, follow the rest of the tutorial. Have any questions? Just ask.

# Guest 2005-04-06 19:37

Wow that's a first!!! Im gunna tell my friends about this.. cuz i dont have an xbox.. =) good work.. but let's return to psp =P so i dont get bord of it.

# Guest 2005-04-06 19:40

Sorry missed one step:

On the second question press R.

Hope it works now.

# Link down... windows-98-on-xbox.html ?? — Guest 2006-04-29 21:07

been trying to acces tutorial for 2 days now, and the tutorial link ( http://www.psphacker.com/windows-98-on-xbox.html ) is down, this is devastating as there is nowhere else this tutorial is hosted!

I would appreciate it if this link could be made live again soon or if anybody already has a copy of it as it is rather irritating

# YOUR LINK IT'S DOWN!!!!! — Guest 2006-05-01 20:14

hey can you revive the link on ......http://www.psphacker.com/windows-98-on-xbox.html dude let us down now :(

# get the link working — Guest 2006-05-14 02:50

how long is it gonna take you guys to sort out the broken link?

I mean talk about slow!

# Wow... — Jake D. 2006-05-14 04:27

This article is really, REALLY old. That's why the link is broken - but its been fixed anyways. ;)

# wow — RaiderX 2006-05-16 13:31

the jump form 54 to 55 was OVER A YEAR!!! lol I love looking back at these old news updates and seeigng what we usaed to speculater about and what we have now!

Like that first ISO post

# lol # 59 — steve_723 2006-06-14 14:32

nocomment

# lol # 59 — steve_723 2006-06-14 14:33

all the way

# Guest 2006-09-19 14:21

i guess i am in a bad mood

WHO CARES!!!!

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