From b07d076d96ebb4af528e00eca2247d93c5e6ba3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Campbell Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 23:18:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update Windows 98 SE notes --- NOTES/Microsoft Windows 98 SE | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NOTES/Microsoft Windows 98 SE b/NOTES/Microsoft Windows 98 SE index e6625fff5..673cbeaa8 100644 --- a/NOTES/Microsoft Windows 98 SE +++ b/NOTES/Microsoft Windows 98 SE @@ -3,9 +3,26 @@ Use core=dynamic for a faster install. - Turn OFF the "non-recursive page fault" option during - the install phase. Leaving it on guarantees that DOSBox - (with core=dynamic) will segfault after the 2nd reboot. - I have no idea at this time what the segfault is about. - You can turn the non-recursive page fault back on later. + For the first phase of the install, make sure + you set: + + dynamic core cache block size=32 + + Let it install then reboot. Stop the emulation + before it starts booting again, and change it to: + + dynamic core cache block size=1 + + For the rest of the install, leave it at that + setting. + + The setup phase may show some invalid page fault + dialog boxes (for some reason). If you ack them, + Windows will make it through the install and + boot up properly. + + Do not change the dynamic core cache block size + back to 32. Windows 98 will become unstable and + DOSBox will likely segfault at some point, usually + when opening the Control Panel.