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Setup Windows 3.1 in DOSBox-X

(instructions tested against dosbox-x-windows-20180901-124401-windows.zip)

Remarks

Mouse

During the graphical portion of the installation, you will see that there are two mouse pointers visible on the screen but only one is moving and does nothing. This is because DOSBox-X mouse integration driver for Windows needs to be installed first. To use the mouse at this point, capture it with Ctrl+F10.

Or

If you don't want mouse integration from within Windows 3.1 (i.e. you prefer the old behavior), do not add integration device=true to the [cpu] section in dosbox.conf and skip the mouse integration driver installation section below.

Video

This guide assumes you are using the default DOSBox-X machine svga_s3 for which DOSBox-X sets video memory to 512Kb by default. To use higher resolutions and color depths, adjust vmemsize in [dosbox] accordingly to your needs (see dosbox.reference.conf).

Installation

Windows 3.1

  • download and extract DOSBox-X
  • next to DOSBox-X.exe, create a VirtualHD directory
  • inside VirtualHD create a WINSETUP directory
  • extract Windows 3.1 floppies into it (7-Zip can extract IMG files)
  • next to DOSBox-x.exe create a dosbox.conf with the following content:
[cpu]
cycles=25000
integration device=true

[sblaster]
irq=5

[autoexec]
@ECHO OFF
PATH=%PATH%;C:\WINDOWS
MOUNT C .\VirtualHD
C:
  • start DOSBox-X
  • launch Windows installation C:\WINSETUP\SETUP.EXE
  • install Windows using Express Setup (Recommended) option
  • follow the installation instructions
  • when asked, reboot, start Windows by typing WIN

Mouse integration driver

  • launch Windows Setup program
  • open menu item Options\Change System Settings
  • in Mouse, pick Other mouse (Requires disk from OEM)...
  • type location to where you've extracted the driver and press OK
    • DOSBox-X Mouse Pointer Integration is selected by default
  • press OK
  • press OK again
  • press Restart Windows

S3 video driver

  • launch Windows Setup program
  • open menu item Options\Change System Settings
  • in Display, pick Other display (Requires disk from OEM)...
  • type location to where you've extracted the driver and press OK
    • S3 Trio64V 1.70.04 640x480 256 is selected by default
  • press OK
  • press OK again
  • when asked for the driver location again, type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
  • press OK
  • press Restart Windows

Sound Blaster 16 sound driver

  • installation must be done from command-prompt, exit Windows if not already
  • cd to where you've extract the driver and run INSTALL.EXE
  • choose Full Installation (Recommended)
  • follow installation instructions
  • when asked to overwrite some files, choose Backup
  • restart DOSBox-X
  • start Windows
  • the installer finishes with setting up the group of audio software for Windows

Links

Here are some extra references to further tweak your installation:

Windows 3.1x DOSBox Guide Windows 3x Downloads VOGONS Vintage Driver Library

Tip : backup your working installation before attempting to install other drivers.