Can't install Windows 98 SE in virtualbox - SUWIN caused a General Protection Fault in module <unknown>

Question

I get this error when installing Windows 98 Second Edition on virtualbox. my host is Mac OsX.

the guest settings are the following:

Base memory: 64 MB
Boot Order: Floppy, Optical, Hard Disk
Acceleration: VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging
Video Memory: 10 MB

Why I am getting that error and how can I bypass it?

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EDIT:

Also get these errors when i click on close:

W98SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module GDI.EXE at 0001:0246

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W98SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module USER.EXE at 0001:40B6

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Standart Mode: Bad Fault in MS-DOS Extender.
Fault: 000D Stack Dump: 000 000 0070
Raw fault frame: EC=000 IP=5EF7 CS=0367 FL=3087 SP=FFEE SS=02C7

Solution 1

I'm guessing this is a bug in VirtualBox 5.0. I haven't reported it yet ^{I'll get around to it} but for the time being I downgraded to version 4.3.28, and the old Windows boots fine.

Update: This should be fixed by VirtualBox 5.0.22, although I haven't tested yet.

Solution 2

Problem:

Windows 98SE is incompatible with the newer hardware that VirutalBox virtualizes; specifically when hardware resources are passed-through from the host directly.

Solution:

In VirtualBox, disable the hardware acceleration for that VM.

To do so:

• Right-click VM.
• Choose Settings.
• Choose System.
• Choose the Acceleration tab.
• Un-check Enable VT-x/AMD-V.
• Save changes, try again.

Solution 3

I was able to get around this error by using the Paravirtualization setting to Legacy (found under System => Acceleration in the VM settings).

Comments

[DiogoSaraiva]

same thing.... same error

[DiogoSaraiva]

I tried also with 300mb of disk, but the second error is: Standard Mode: Invalid DMPI return from 0367:5F92

[user1686]

Hmm, by default it doesn't pass through most resources. And Win98 is fine with a few unknown VBox-specific PCI devices showing up.

[DiogoSaraiva]

Installing virtualbox 4.3.28 solved my problem. thank you very much

[Tom B]

This answer solved the issue for me using a Linux host.

[AlexV]

This answer solved the issue while installing Win 98 SE (fr) on a Windows 8.1 host - VirtualBox 5.

[aryndin]

This answer helped me.

[elbarna]

This "solution" works,but virtual machine will become very slow

[aaronk6]

Yes, it’s fixed. Works for me in VirtualBox 5.0.26 as well as 5.1.6.