The most legendary moment in Windows 98 history happened before it even launched. During a live demonstration at COMDEX in April 1998, Bill Gates

qemu-system-i386 -hda windows98.qcow2 -cdrom path/to/windows98.iso -m 256

To get a "Full" setup—meaning one that actually plays games and doesn't crash every five minutes—youModern QEMU configurations often use the project, which bundles essential patches to stop Windows from hanging on modern CPUs. Essential Performance Tweaks:

If you prefer not to install it manually, you can find pre-made images on community sites: Internet Archive : Often hosts pre-installed VM images (though frequently in format, which can be converted to QCOW2 qemu-img convert SourceForge