However, when the GUI stage begins I get the error: 'Setup cannot install on the current processor. I am doing both with the floppy disk versions since the CD verson of the Server edition has not been leaked yet. Now hit green "Start" Arrow and you will go to MS-DOS with a banana. I am trying to install Windows NT 3.1 Build 340 both Workstation and Server in 86Box. choose the file you just got from Dropbox and the setup dialog will die.
Choose the option in VirtualBox to set up with an existing Disk file. Install Windows 3.1 machine, it defaults to Windows but not 3.1Ĭontinue with installation until asked to set up a disk. Comes with lots of apps and even saves your disk! (So long as you don't use MAME for anything else. Go to to use Windows 3.1 in your browser. Method 1: The quick and easy way for cheapos Runs at what seems to be full speed in VirtualBox, thank you! Install WinImage and package the driver into a floppy disk image.The disk files installed perfectly, unlike the ones from shadier websites (that somehow come up before this in a google search) that just said "win" was not a command. At this point, all we’ve got access to is a floppy drive. I used oakcdrom.sys, a generic CD-ROM driver. If you have an MSDN account, you can download a zip file with the installation files inside it, package them into an ISO image using Folder2Iso and mount the image.ĭOS doesn’t support CDs right out of the box, so we’ll need a driver. (a generic CD-ROM driver that will work with the majority of all IDE CD-ROM drives)
When that’s done, power off the virtual machine. I decided this week to install Windows 3.1 on a virtual machine. Like the fact that the pen drive in my pocket is 10x bigger than the largest hard drives 15 years ago. Every once in awhile it’s interesting in a nerdy way to check out some legacy technology and… I dunno… reminisce about the old days and how far we’ve come or some crap like that.
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