You will need a copy of the Windows 95 boot disk.
Notes
Windows 95 in your browser. Fancy a blast from the past? Curious about the Microsoft Windows release that introduced such familiar concepts as the Desktop, Start Menu, Taskbar and Notifications Area? Well, now thanks to the wonders of Emscripten and DOSBox, and modern JavaScript runtimes, you can try it out in your browser. The newest version of Internet Explorer for Windows 95. An essential upgrade, especially if using a version of Windows 95 that has Internet Explorer integration. If you do not wish to install this update, but still want the other essential system components it upgrades, links are provided in the guide and on the important files page.
Step 1: DOSBox Setup
Edit
DOSBOX.CONF (the configuration file for DOSBox) and some of the lines with this code (if it exists):
Oct 13, 2017 Microsoft’s Windows 95 was a huge leap from Windows 3.1. It was the first release of Windows with the Start menu, taskbar, and typical Windows desktop interface we still use today. Windows 95 won’t work on modern PC hardware, but you can still install it in a virtual machine and relive those glory days. Nov 04, 2017 i installed windows 95 in dosbox but i do not know how to execute its boot. Command.com and a few other files was given the dos extension. Trying to run command.com gives me a wrong dos version message. Could be a way to specify dos version in dosbox but i do not know the setting for that. I could add that line to the configuration file if somebody told me what it is and where. DOSBox 0.74-2 has been released! A maintenance release for DOSBox 0.74, which solves the following problems: Windows: Fix auto/max cycles algorithm on Windows 7, which helps with stuttering audio. Mac OS X: Bring a 64 bit version and improve performance. Linux: Fix the 64bit dynrec cpu core and a lot of compilation problems.
output=surface -> output=opengl
vmemsize=x -> vmemsize=8
memsize=16 -> memsize=512
core=auto -> core=dynamic
cputype=auto -> cputype=pentium
cycles=auto -> cycles=max
voodoo=default -> voodoo=opengl
(this will be the end of DOSBOX.CONF)
[autoexec]
SET GLIDE=600
(add these after you have made WIN95VHD.img)
imgmount a '/path/to/Windows95b.img' -size 1,440
imgmount c '/path/to/WIN95VHD.img' -size 2097152
Step 2: Make the Virtual Hard Disk
Run this command for DOSBox Daum builds:
Z:> imgmake WIN95VHD.img -t hd -size 2048 -nofs
Or download the bochs tools, extract the archive, and run
bximage.exe . Run the BXIMAGE.BAT under windows or wine to make an image. Here is the command for creating the image
bximage
Disk Image Creation Tool for Bochs
$Id: bximage.c,v 1.32 2006/06/16 07:29:33 vruppert Exp $
Do you want to create a floppy disk image or a hard disk image?
Please type hd or fd. [hd]
![]() What kind of image should I create?
Please type flat, sparse or growing. [flat]
Enter the hard disk size in megabytes, between 1 and 129023
[10] 2048
I will create a 'flat' hard disk image with
cyl=xxx
heads=xx
![]() sectors per track=xxx
total sectors=xxxxxxx
total size=2048 megabytes
What should I name the image?
[c.img] WIN95VHD.img
Writing: [] Done.
I wrote xxxxxxxxxx bytes to WIN95VHD.img.
This command creates the Windows 95 Virtual Hard Disk Image which will be used as the target image for installation files. This file can be found in the same directory as 'DOSBOX.CONF`. If you cannot mount the image, use a folder instead.
Step 3: Boot the drive
After you have made the VHD and added the lines for AUTOEXEC.BAT, restart DOSBox. To boot the drive, use command
boot to boot from a drive.
Z:> boot -l a
Dosbox Windows 95 256 Colors
You will now need to partition the VHD. Refer to the Windows 95 Installation Guide Step 2 for how to use make partitions here. You will also need to format the partition, which is part of Step 2.
Step 4: Getting the setup filesDosbox Windows 95
You will now need to get the setup files. Mount the WIN95VHD.img file we created earlier and copy the directory
.WIN95 from the Windows 95 Disc. If you cannot mount the IMG file, then mount the cdrom drive as D, mkdir C:WIN95 , and copy D:WIN95*.* C:WIN95 . Start the Windows 95 Setup by using the commands:
A:> c:
Dosbox Windows 95 Cd RomC:> cd win95
C:WIN95> setup.exe /is
Do note after Windows 95 is ready to restart during setup, close DOSBOX, remove the floppy mount command and change the
boot -l a to boot -l c . Information about setup is found here.
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